Like Jews or slaves, whom all the world have agreed to hold contemptible, the German literati found it hard to make head against so obstinate a prejudgment; and too often they became all that they were presumed to be.
"Biographical Essays"
Thomas de Quincey
That is the worst of circumstantial evidence: it tends to prejudgment, and sometimes to the ignoring of circumstances and facts which might tell in favour of the suspect, if they were examined with a more impartial eye.
"The Shrieking Pit"
Arthur J. Rees
It occurred to me as my call wore on that I caught even a hint of this prejudgment in the eyes of the young woman.
"The Boss of Little Arcady"
Harry Leon Wilson