In re Bliss
New York Supreme Court
A MOTION was made, at the last term, for the allowance of a writ of privilege, in behalf of William M. Bliss, an attorney and counsellor of this court.
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A MOTION was made, at the last term, for the allowance of a writ of privilege, in behalf of William M. Bliss, an attorney and counsellor of this court. The affidavit, on which the motion was made, stated that Bliss was a practising attorney and counsellor of the court, and had been ordered by a captain of a company of militia, m the town of Troy, to perform military duty as one of the company, and had been sentenced to pay afine for his non-attendance at the company parade, pursuant to the order and notice for that purpose i and that he had lately been drafted into a company of militia, and…
1Per curiam
It was a principle of the common iaw, that the privileges of the officers of the courts of justice were not to be taken away by the general comprehensive words of a statute. This-doctrine is not to be questioned ; and as the privilege is granted», not for the sake of the individual, but of the suitors, and of the administration of justice, it is the duty of the courts to give this privilege their constant protection. It is, however, as little to be disputed, that the legislature may, in its discretion, abridge *348take away this privilege; and whenever the legislative will is to be ascertained…
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