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1826 Dec 20
J.B. to Peel on JuriesCh. Jury Packing(1)

Private
On the Establishment, instead of the abolition,
of the practice of packing Juries.

Sir,

As the subject of letter has for its subject
a matter which is not only of prime importance but
will through some channel or other be brought before find its way into
Parliament, it would be affectation in me to speak of
it as being of a nature to be regarded by you with
indifference. Yes, Sir: instead of being abolished,
(which, as far as I can learn is the general wish general wish), the practice
of packing Juries, has been established: established
by Act of Parliament: passed in conformity of the
to the Bill brought in by you. My fears lead me to
regard the framers of the Bill as conscious of
this effect of it:⊞ ⊞ the enclosed paper pages will show the ground of them: my wishes hopes look the
contrary way: the reader of this letter will substitute
certainty to doubt and anxiety

If so it be that the effect of this Bill of
yours is in the particular in question contrary to your intention
it can not but be your desire to see an appropriate
amendment made on it: one form for which is
proposed by the hand by which the demand for it is pointed
out. In this case it will be more agreable to you, I
should supposed to be yourself the apparently spontaneous proposer of the amendment
than to see it brought on the carpet by a relatively
hostile hand. I write this accordingly to say
that if it be agr more agreable to you to bring the
matter before Parliament and to give me an opinion
to that effect, I shall with the sincerest pleasure see it
take that course: but if it be more matter of indifference
to you, or if it would be more agreable to see it brought forward
by an adverse hand, as being proposed to not defend the Bill
against or in support
the interpretation thus
put upon it, I should
then put the matter
into the hands of some Parliamentary friend or other of whom
to whom would bring it forward it would be agreable to bring it forward: and of these there can be no .

Identifier: | JB/011/226/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 11.
Date_1	1826-12	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	011	Main Headings	law amendment
Folio number	226	Info in main headings field	jb to peel on juries
Image	001	Titles	on the establishment, instead of the abolition, of the practice of packing juries
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e1
Penner	john flowerdew colls	Watermarks	j whatman turkey mill 1826
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	jonathan blenman
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1826
Notes public		ID Number	3923
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