We must not be guilty of taking the law into our own hands, and converting it from what it really is to what we think it ought to be. - John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge

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We must not be guilty of taking the law into our own hands, and converting it from what it really is to what we think it ought to be.

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About John Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge

John Duke Coleridge, 1st Baron Coleridge PC (3 December 1820 – 14 June 1894) was a British lawyer, judge and Liberal politician. He held the posts, in turn, of Solicitor General for England and Wales, Attorney General for England and Wales, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and Lord Chief Justice of England.

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Birth Name: John Duke Coleridge
Alternative Names: J. D. Coleridge Sir J. D. Coleridge Sir John Duke Coleridge Baron Coleridge
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