argument in open court, and not by any outside influence, whether of private talk or public print. What is true with reference to a jury is true also with reference to a court. Cases like the present are more likely to arise, no doubt, when there is a... Law Reform: Papers and Addresses by a Practicing Lawyer - Page 161 by Henry Waters Taft - 1926 - 265 pages Full view - About this book
...of our system is that the conclusions to be reached in a case will be induced only by evidence and argument in open court, and not by any outside influence, whether of private talk or public print." Sheppard v. Maxwell, 384 US 333. 351, 16 L. Ed. 2d 600. 614. 86 S. Ct. 1507, 1516 (1966). "The trial...