Lord Hewart.

Ko-ko (Sir Gordon Hewart). "Pardon me, but there I am adamant. "

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Cartoon from Punch magazine Vol. Punch was a British weekly Magazine of Humour and Satire published from 1841 to 1992 and from 1996 to 2002 158, February 25, 1920, commenting on Hewarts' bill for the continuance of the Defence of the Realm Act, without amendments, for a short time. Events 138 - The Emperor Hadrian adopts Antoninus Pius, effectively making him his successor Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar For other uses see Bill. A bill is a proposed new law introduced within a Legislature that has not been ratified, adopted The Defence of the Realm Act ( DORA) was passed in the United Kingdom on 8 August 1914, during the early weeks of World War I.

Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart PC (7 January 1870 – 5 May 1943) was a politician and Judge in the United Kingdom. Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. Events 1325 - Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. 1558 - France takes Calais, the last continental Year 1870 ( MDCCCLXX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 553 - The Second Council of Constantinople begins 1215 - Rebel Barons renounce their allegiance to King John Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A politician (from Greek " Polis " is an individual who is involved in influencing public decision making through the influence of Politics or a person A judge, or justice, is an Official who presides over a Court of law The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located

He was a Liberal Member of Parliament from 1913 and was made a Privy Counsellor in 1918, Attorney General from January 10, 1919 to March 6, 1922. The Liberal Party was one of the two major British political parties from the early 19th century until the rise of the Labour Party in the 1920s and a third party A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council is a body of advisors to the British Sovereign. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Her Majesty's Attorney General for England and Wales, usually known simply as the Attorney General, is the chief legal adviser of the Crown in England and Wales Events 49 BC - Julius Caesar crosses the Rubicon, signaling the start of civil war. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1079 - Omar Khayyám completes the Iranian calendar. 1454 - Thirteen Years' War: Delegates of Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. He entered the cabinet in 1921, and was Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from March 8, 1922 to October 12, 1940. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar The Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales was historically the second-highest judge of the Courts of England and Wales, after the Lord Chancellor. Events 1618 - Johannes Kepler discovers the third law of planetary motion. Year 1922 ( MCMXXII) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 539 BC - The army of Cyrus the Great of Persia takes Babylon. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar.

He was given a peerage as Baron Hewart in 1922 to allow him to sit in the House of Lords as Lord Chief Justice. The House of Lords is the second house of the Parliament of the United Kingdom and is also commonly referred to as "the Lords" Upon his retirement he was created Viscount Hewart. Viscount Hewart, of Bury in the County of Lancaster was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.

In 1929 Hewart published The New Despotism, in which he claimed that the rule of law in Britain was being undermined by the legislature. The rule of law, in its most basic form is the principle that no one is above the law This book was very controversial and led to the appointment of a Committee on Ministers' Powers—chaired by the Earl of Donoughmore—but its Report rejected Hewart's arguments. Richard Walter Hely-Hutchinson 6th Earl of Donoughmore KP (1875–1948 was an Earl in the Peerage of Ireland who sat in the House of Lords as Viscount

Lord Hewart has been described as "one of the most vigorous and vociferous believers in the impeccability of the English jury system of this or any other century" ^[1]

However, in 1931, Hewart made legal history, when (sitting with Mr. Justice Branson and Mr. Justice Hawke) he quashed the conviction for murder of William Herbert Wallace, on the grounds that the conviction was not supported by the weight of the evidence. William Herbert Wallace ( 29 August 1878 &ndash 26 February 1933) was convicted in 1931 of the murder of his wife Julia in their home in Wolverton In other words - the jury was wrong.

Lord Hewart was the originator (paraphrased) of the aphorism "Not only must Justice be done; it must also be seen to be done. "

See also

Rex v Sussex Justices, ex parte McCarthy

Rex v Wallace

References

1. ^ The Killing of Julia Wallace, by Jonathan Goodman (Headline, London, 1987), p. Rex v Sussex Justices Ex parte McCarthy ( 1 KB 256 All ER 233 is a leading English criminal case famous for its precedence in establishing the principle Rex v Wallace ( 23 Cr App R 32 is a leading English criminal case famous as being the only occasion that a conviction for murder has been overturned 251