William Davy Quote

The 18th century judge Lord Mansfield didn't pay attention to religious holidays and had proposed that the Court would sit on Good Friday:

If your Lordship pleases. But your Lordship will be the first judge who has done so since Pontius Pilate.

The Court did not sit

The Seven Lamps of Advocacy (1923), Edward Parry


If your Lordship pleases. But your Lordship will be the first judge who has done so since Pontius Pilate.

If your Lordship pleases. But your Lordship will be the first judge who has done so since Pontius Pilate.

If your Lordship pleases. But your Lordship will be the first judge who has done so since Pontius Pilate.

If your Lordship pleases. But your Lordship will be the first judge who has done so since Pontius Pilate.