Investigation of Escape of Grover Cleveland Bergdoll from United States Disciplinary Barracks at Governors Island, N.Y.: Hearings Before Select Committee to Investigate Escape of General Prisoner Grover Cleveland Bergdoll, Under House Resolution 12, Sixty-seventh Congress, First Session

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Sivu 174 - It is the right of the lawyer to undertake the defense of a person accused of crime, regardless of his personal opinion as to the guilt of the accused; otherwise innocent persons, victims only of suspicious circumstances, might be denied proper defense.
Sivu 174 - From the moment that any advocate can be permitted to say that he will or will not stand between the Crown and the subject arraigned in the court where he daily sits to practice, from that moment the liberties of England are at an end.
Sivu 168 - I have no definite information as to the exact amount. (Thereupon, at 1.15 o'clock pm, the committee took a recess until 2.30 o'clock pm) AFTER RECESS.
Sivu 174 - Let the circumstances against a prisoner be ever so atrocious, it is still the duty of the advocate to see that his client is convicted according to those rules and forms, which the wisdom of the legislature has established as the best protection of the liberty and the security of the subject.
Sivu 124 - The CHAIRMAN. The committee stands adjourned until 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. (Whereupon, at...
Sivu 5 - Resolved, That a committee of five Members of the House be appointed by the Speaker to investigate...
Sivu 637 - Those in favor of the adoption of that part of the report will say aye. Those opposed, no. The ayes seem to have 'it. The ayes have it.
Sivu 5 - ... and any expense in connection with such inquiry shall be paid out of the contingent fund of the Senate upon vouchers to be approved by the chairman of the committee.
Sivu 706 - He is afraid of no one ! But papa never talks to him." MARGOT (very deliberately) : " Well, there is only one thing for you to do ; and that is to run away !
Sivu 428 - ... intimated that you were not sorry to go away from there ? — A. Yes, sir ; I did. Q. Why? Was it not a pleasant post? — A. The post was; I liked the post well. I did not like the community — the town — as a rule, the people in the town. That was one reason why I wanted to get away from there. (At 1.30 o'clock pm the committee took a recess until 2.30 o'clock pm) AFTERNOON SESSION. The recess having expired, the committee (at 2 o'clock and 30 minutes pm) resumed its session. Present: Senators...

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