The constitution does not say that the sovereign WILL do no wrong--but, that he CAN do no wrong.

Now, gentlemonikins, when a thing cannot be done, it becomes impossible; and it is, of course, beyond the reach of argument.

It is of no moment whether a person has a memory, if he cannot use it, and, in such a case, the legal presumption is, that he is without a memory; for, otherwise, nature, who is ever wise and beneficent, would be throwing away her gifts.
"Gentlemonikins, I have already said you are the judges, in this case, of both the law and the fact.

The fate of the prisoner is in your hands.
God forbid that it should be, in any manner, influenced by me; but this is an offence against the king's dignity, and the security of the realm; the law is against the prisoner, the facts are all against the prisoner, and I do not doubt that your verdict will be the spontaneous decision of your own excellent judgments, and of such a nature as will prevent the necessity of our ordering a new trial." The jurors put their tails together, and in less than a minute, their foremonikin rendered a verdict of guilty.

Noah sighed, and took a fresh supply of tobacco.
The case of the queen was immediately opened by her majesty's attorney-general; the prisoner having been previously arraigned, and a plea entered of "not guilty." The queen's advocate made a bitter attack on the animus of the unfortunate prisoner.