Commonwealth v. Addison
Cases that cite this one
4 later published cases cite this decision.
- United States v. Chaplin (United States District Court for the Southern District of California 1944)
- Merriken v. Cressman (District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania 1973)
- Solomon Feldman, Jr. v. State Board of Law Examiners (8th Cir. 1971)
- Daly v. Mouroe (City of New York Municipal Court 1885)
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Opinion
Commonwealth
versus
Addison.
Supreme Court of United States.
In support of the motion, the attorney-general.
But, by the COURT:
We are, unanimously, of opinion, that the case does not present to our consideration an indictable offence; and, of course, it is not a case, in which an information ought to be granted. But we are (with the same unanimity) of opinion, that every judge has a right, and, emphatically, that it is his duty, to deliver his sentiments upon every subject that occurs in Court. We add, so far as the expression of our sense of decorum may have weight, that we think, it would be indecent and improper, in any presiding judge, to attempt to prevent his associates from the exercise of this right; from the performance of this duty.
Motion refused.
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