Acts 25:14-16

When they had been there many days Among other subjects of discourse which occurred, Festus declared Paul's cause unto the king For, as the crime of which he was accused related wholly to the Jewish religion, in which the king was very knowing, Festus wished to have his opinion upon it; and for that purpose began telling him that Felix had left Paul in bonds, and that the chief priests and elders at Jerusalem had applied to him, desiring judgment against him As upon a previous conviction falsely pretended. To whom I answered, It is not the manner of the Romans When a crime is charged upon a person; to deliver any man to be put to death before he who is accused have the accusers Openly produced to give their evidence against him; face to face, and he have also license to answer for himself To make his defence; concerning the crime laid against him How excellent a rule, to condemn no one unheard! A rule which, as it is common to all nations, (courts of inquisition only excepted,) so it ought to direct our proceedings in all affairs, not only in public but private life.