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Use of Torture The Law is the surest sanctuary that a man can take, and the strongest fortress to protect the weakest of all. (Coke). [See Appendices with same title.] 1

Utter-barrister The term utter-barrister, in Bacon’s time, refers to those who practised without the bar, in contradistinction to the inner-barristers, or those who were admitted to plead within the bar.


2 S.H. Burke. Historical Portraits, Vol IV. 1883

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