Judging by the evidence, not private knowledge

Condemning or acquitting against what the judge privately knows.

The works themselves ask 11 questions under this heading — see them together with their answers.

In the index as Judge · Jurors · Divorce · Gifts · Accused Person · Innocent · Innocent person · Magistrate · Alphonsus Liguori · Bonaventure · Civil · Competence of the judge · Condemnation · Corrupters · Defect · Foodstuffs · Injustice · Knowledge · Legitimate · Offices · Reparation · Sentence · Thomas Aquinas

In the manuals

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A Manual of Moral Theology for English-Speaking Countries

Thomas Slater, S.J.

Vol. II, Bk. I, Pt. I, Chapter I. Duties of Judges, n. 3 — The judge, as we have seen, must pass sentence according to the evidence before the court, not according to his own private knowledge or views. He may know privately that an accused man is guilty, but he must not condemn… Read in context →

Moral Theology: A Complete Course (McHugh & Callan)

John A. McHugh, O.P., and Charles J. Callan, O.P. — 8 passages

Vol. II, Pt. II, Q. II, Art. 4. The Vices Opposed …, In Judges, nn. 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957 & 1958 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology of Fr. John Peter Gury, S.J., with the Notes of Antonio Ballerini, S.J.

Jean-Pierre Gury, S.J.; notes by Antonio Ballerini, S.J. — 3 passages

Vol. II, Treatise on Particular Sta…, Part First. On the State o…, Chapter I. On the Obligations of Judges, n. 2 (3 passages — hover a number to read it)

Manuale Theologiae Moralis

Dominic M. Prümmer, O.P.

Vol. II, Tr. XI, Sect. I, Q. III, Ch. III, Art. IV, I. On Injuries By Words In…, § 1. On The Obligations And Sins Of The Judge, n. 158 — 158. Scholion. On the obligation of the judge to judge according to the allegations of witnesses. Authors dispute most sharply whether the judge is always held to render sentence according to the allegations and proofs o… Read in context →

Summa Theologiae Moralis

Benedict Henry Merkelbach, O.P. — 34 passages

Vol. II, Special Moral Theology: On…, Treatise: On the Cardinal …, Fourth Part: On Distributi…, Question Four: On Public J…, Article I: On Judges, nn. ¶1, 636 & 637 (34 passages — hover a number to read it)

Compendium of Moral Theology

Aloysius Sabetti, S.J., and Timothy Barrett, S.J. — 8 passages

Vol. I, Tr. X, Pt. I, Chapter I. On the Obligations of Judges, nn. 559, 559, Q. 2, 559, Q. 3, 559, Q. 4, 559, Q. 5, 559, Q. 6, 559, Q. 7 & 559, Q. 8 (8 passages — hover a number to read it)

Palladium Theologicum, Tome V: On the Virtues

Gaudentius Bontempi of Brescia, O.F.M. Cap. — 39 passages

Tr. I, Disputation XXVI: On Homic…, Question XII: Whether a judge can condemn to death an innocent man who has been proved guilty at the trial, nn. 1–39 (39 passages)

Treated under the broader heading Duties of Judges — Wouters, Manual of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Institutions of Moral Theology · Bucceroni, Cases of Conscience · Vermeersch, Theologia Moralis · Coppens, Medical Practice · Konings, Theologia Moralis · Marc, Institutiones Morales · Merkelbach, Pastoral Questions · Concina, Compendium — these works do not divide the matter as finely as we do here, so their treatment stands one heading up (ed.)