Law Ed. 481, 491.) how unfounded was the very prevalent notion that the presumption of innocence was an indigenous and exclusively English doctrine. "There can be \10 question," he says, "that the Roman law was pervaded with thi maxim of criminal administration.
The foregoing was not an at tempt to exhaust the subject of Roman influence on the Anglo-American law, but merely to present pertinent examples of such influence upon the various branches of that law. But the influence had not been direct only; hardly less: important-had been the indirect results. The Roman law," said Lord Chief Justice Tindall (Acton v. Blundall, 12 M. & W. 353 (1844) where Ju 's Digest was cited arguendo. See Warren's. Law Studies, 732.)
Forms no rule binding in itself upon the subjects of these realms; but in deciding © case upon principle, where thority can be cited from. our affords no small evidence of the conclasi¢ lesion to which we a the mod learned man, the collective by that
wisdom of ages, and the groundwork of ici of most of the countries upon the point in favour of the Lord Thurlow, in deciding a (Hooley v. Hatton, cited in Ridges Morrison, 1 Brown, C. C. 389.) involving two legacies and whether the they were cumulative or substitutive said:
"No argument can be drawn in the present case from internal evidence; we must therefore refer to the rules of the Civil law."
So it had been said of Lord Mansfield that he made ample use of the compilations of Justinian but only for a supply
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