John Holt (Lord Chief Justice) Quote

We cannot make a law, we must go according to the law. That must be our rule and direction.


Parkyns' Case (1696), 13 How. St. Tr. 72. Compare: "We cannot make laws". Reg. v. Nash (1703), 2 Raym. 990; Powell, J., Queen v. Read (1706), Fortesc. 99.


We cannot make a law, we must go according to the law. That must be our rule and direction.

We cannot make a law, we must go according to the law. That must be our rule and direction.

We cannot make a law, we must go according to the law. That must be our rule and direction.

We cannot make a law, we must go according to the law. That must be our rule and direction.