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British judge

Sir John Bayley, 1st Baronet (1763–1841), was an English judge. He was called to the bar in 1792, and was made a judge of the King's Bench in 1808. After sitting in this court for more than twenty-two years, he was at his own request removed to the Court of Exchequer in November 1830. He resigned his seat on the bench in February 1834, and in the following month was created a baronet and admitted to the privy council.

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Pen Names: A Layman

Alternative Names: Sir John Bayley, 1st Bt. • Rt. Hon. Sir John Bayley, 1st Bt. • Sir John Bayley

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[T]ake it to be the bounden duty of the Judge to lay down the law as it strikes him, and that of the jury to accede to it, unless they have superior knowledge on the subject.

Taking out a commission of bankruptcy is a well-known mode of recovering a debt.

You may discuss the question of legality on legal grounds, but not by an argumentum ad hominem.

If a man endeavours to obtain a repeal of those laws, which are conceived to be obnoxious, or the introduction of any laws which he believes to be salutary, if he does that legally, there is no objection to it.

No one can doubt that presumptions may be made in criminal as well as in civil cases. It is constantly the practice to act upon them, and I apprehend that more than one half of the persons convicted of crimes are convicted on presumptive evidence.

Let no cobler go beyond his last.

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