I have defended many criminals, as it was my duty to do, and you have punished many who deserved their sentences.

I have seen innocent men unable to prove their freedom from guilt, and I have known men who are grossly criminal, because of lack of evidence--these things are beyond our cure.

We are old, your Honor: we must soon give place to younger men.

We can not afford to leave bench and bar with the stain of injustice on our garments.

We can not afford to start this boy on the road to hell at seventeen years of age." He stopped as abruptly as he had begun, and the room was silent for a long time after he had taken his seat.