That it is better 100 guilty Persons should escape than that one innocent Person should suffer, is a Maxim that has been long and generally approved.
It is better to let 100 criminals go free than to imprison 1 innocent man.
That it is better that 100 guilty persons should escape than that one innocent person should suffer, is a maxim that has been long and generally approved.
An innocent Plowman is more worthy than a vicious Prince.