Judges are philologists of the highest order. - Sir Frederick Pollock, 1st Baronet

In a perfectly new case—a case altogether primae impressionis—I think the Judges are bound to hold fast to the principles of the common law—to remember the maxim, "Salus reipublicae suprema lex," and if the condition be really in principle against the public good, to pronounce it in their judgment void.

The Crown cannot ever be prejudiced by the misconduct or negligence of any of its officers.

In criminal cases you always begin by proving the corpus delicti, and then connect the prisoner with it.