Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon - Evidence Quotes

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In many cases a party undertakes to prove a custom from the time of legal memory, the reign of Richard the Second; but that proof is generally established by evidence of acts done at a much later period, and frequently no evidence is given beyond the present century.

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon
Concessions made for the purpose of settling the business for which the action is brought, cannot be given in evidence; but facts admitted I have always received.

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon
Counsel are frequently induced, and they are justified in taking the most favourable view of their clients' case; and it is not fair to pass over any piece of evidence they find difficult to deal with, provided they cite, fairly and correctly, those parts of the evidence they comment upon.

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon
Sitting in a Court of law, I can receive no evidence but what comes under the sanction of an oath.

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon
I have been reminded that I sit here as counsel for the defendant. I certainly do so, so far as to interpose between him and the counsel for the prosecution, and to see that no improper use of the law is made against him, and that no improper evidence is given to the jury: but the Judge has another task to perform, which is that of assisting the jury in the administration of justice.

Lloyd Kenyon, 1st Baron Kenyon