 | Richard Ringwood - 1924 - 422 頁
...Judicial It has been laid down in general terms that "neither party, witness, counsel, jury, or judge can be put to answer civilly or criminally for words spoken in office" (c). Accordingly, the Court quashed an indictment against a justice of the peace for saying to the... | |
 | 1925 - 1036 頁
...not actionable. It has long been the law that: "Neither party, witness, counsel, jury, nor judge, can be put to answer, civilly or criminally, for words spoken in office." Lord Mansfield in Reg. v. Skinner, Lofft, 55, reaffirmed in Andrews v. Gardiner, 224 NY 440, 446, 121... | |
 | 1919 - 932 頁
...Laing v. Mitten, 185 Mass. 233, 235, 70 NE 128. "Neither party, witness, counsel, jury, or judge, can be put to answer, civilly or criminally, for words spoken In office." Lord Mansfield in R. v. Skinner, Lofft, 55. The courts have refused, however, to apply the rule of... | |
 | 1888 - 1036 頁
...What Mr. Lucas, the defendant's counsel, has said is very just. Neither party, counsel, nor judge, can be put to answer civilly or criminally for words spoken in office." Now, in Brook \. Montayue, the court, after full argument, had expressly decided that counsel was protected,... | |
 | 1884 - 876 頁
...(counsel for the defendant) has said is very just ; neither party, witness, counsel, jury, or judge, can be put to answer, civilly or criminally, for words spoken in office. If the words spoken are opprobrious or irrelevant to the case the com t will take notice of them as... | |
 | 1873 - 1014 頁
...Mansfield, in The King v. Sky >mer (24), observes, " Neither party, witness, counsel nor judge can be put to answer civilly or criminally for words spoken in office." Again, Asllcy v. Younye (25) is an authority directly in point, that no action lies upon a false affidavit... | |
 | 1873 - 840 頁
...Mansfield, in The King v. Sky nncr (24), observes, " Neither party, witness, counsel nor judge can be put to answer civilly or criminally for words spoken in office." Again, Astley v. Yoimge (25) is an authority directly in point, that no action lies upon a false affidavit... | |
 | 1920 - 540 頁
...1772, in Rex v. Skinner," sweepingly asserts that "Neither party, witness, counsel, jury, nor judge can be put to answer civilly or criminally for words spoken in office, or for any act done or proceeding taken in the course of justice." And yet a few years later it was... | |
 | 1887 - 576 頁
...In It. v. Skinner (2) Lord Mansfield, CJ, said " Neither party, witness, counsel, jury, or judge can be put to answer, civilly or criminally, for words spoken in office." In Hodgson v. Scar 'left (3) it was held by Lord Ellenborough, CJ, that an action for defamation will... | |
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The authorities establish beyond all question this: that neither party, witness, counsel, jury, nor judge, can be put to answer civilly or criminally for words spoken in office... 
