...myself. It was on the second morning of the trial, just before the judges entered, that Courvoisicr, standing publicly in front of the dock, solicited...you to defend me to the utmost." We returned to our scats. My position at this moment was, I believe, without parallel in the annals of the profession....

...of this communication. He stood, as well he might, awhile aghast ; and on recovering from the shock, said, " Of course, then, you are going to plead guilty?" — "No, sir; I expect you to defend me to the utmost ;" on which Mr. Phillips and Mr. Clarkson returned to their...

...gentlemen," he said, " to tell you I committed the murder." " When I could speak," says Mr. Phillips, " which was not immediately, I said, Of course, then,...without parallel in the annals of the profession." Now what should these gentlemen have done ? Should they have thrown up their briefs and abandoned the...

...gentlemen," he said, " to tell you 1 committed the murder." " When I could speak," says Mr. Phillips, " which was not immediately, I said, Of course, then,...this moment was, I believe, without parallel in the annuls of the profession." Now what should three gentlemen have done ? Should they have thrown up their...

...of this communication. He stood, as well he might, awhile aghast ; and on recovering from the shock, said, " Of course, then, you are going to plead guilty ?" " No, sir ; I expect you to defend me to the utmost ;" on which Mr Phillips and Mr Clarkson returned to their...

...client's innocence, the barrister stood aghast, as he well might. On recovering from the shock, he said, " Of course then you are going to plead guilty ? " " No, sir ; I expect you to defend me to the utmost." " I at once came to the resolution of abandoning the case,"...

...confession deprived Phillips of the power of speech. "When he had sufficiently recovered himself he said, ' Of course then you are going to plead guilty.'...sir,' was the reply; 'I expect you to defend me to the uttermost.' The first inclination of Phillips was to throw up his brief; from this he was dissuaded...

...statement by Phillips, of the circumstances attending the trial, from which is extracted the following : "It was on the second morning of the trial, just before...resolution of abandoning the case, and so I told my colleague. He strongly and urgently remonstrated against it, but in vain. At last he suggested our...

...so did many others as well as myself. 'I have sent for you, gentlemen,' he said, 'to tell you that I committed the murder!' When I could speak, which...resolution of abandoning the case, and so I told my colleague. He strongly and urgently remonstrated against it, but in vain. At last he suggested our...

...could speak, which was not immediately, I said: "Of course, then, you are going to plead guilty f" "No, sir," was the reply; "I expect you to defend...resolution of abandoning the case, and so I told my colleague. He strongly and urgently remonstrated -against it, but in vain. At last he suggested our...