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May 1809 2 18
Elements of packing Part 1 Ch. 9

§.1. Crushing doctrines

4(d)
1. Per Ellenboro'. Folly
or imbecillity of members
of government
may be exhibited:
unless individual
feelings are (in tendency)
prejudiced, hurt, injured
or violated. p.9.

2. Per J.B. Parliamentary
Reformer's best
mode of learning in
time
and by direct
evidence whether a
publication having
for its object the exhibiting
the folly or
imbecillity (or corruption)
of Castlereagh or Perceval
be prejudicial
&c to his feelings —
asking him. p.9

3. Form for that purpose
recommended
to the 4th Sheriff or other,
Chairman of the
meeting. p.10.

4. Objection — A man's
account of his own
feelings may be false.

Answer — yes —
therefore circumstantial
evidence may
be more conclusive —
viz — act of prosecution
feelings not hurt
prosecution an effect
without a cause.
p.11

5. Therefore arguments
are needless: deliver
them as motions of
course: few received
name written p 11

6. Ellenboro's licence to
exhibit folly or imbecillity
if it can be
done without violating
feelings what
can it be worth if
any thing tending to
bring government
into disesteem be interdicted.
Doubts not
worth solving amidst
so much certainty.
p.12


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§.2. Terror produced by
darkness

1.
Even under doctrines
such as the above, were
they fixt by legislative
authority, in determinate
words, mens
condition would be secure
in comparison of what
they are — But on
this as on other parts
of the law field no such
words exist or will so
long as Judge & Co can
prevent it. p.3.

1(a)
Security at its minimum
lawyers delight
at its maximum

Libel law declared by
Erskine to be at its
maximum of purfection
his sincerity here unquestionable —
Cruelty to
animals! — Would that
man were an animal
in law logic! p. 3

2.
1. Under such law no
security exists for any
body who has any
thing to do with Newspapers
— So much for
danger. p.4

3.
2. Doubt As to alarm —
Doubts with which
a man whose wish
it were to bring to
light an abuse would
be tormenting himself

Ch. J. of B.R
Atty Genl Chancellor of
the Exchequer —
so many other "great
"characters
" what will
be their feelings? Will
not one at his own
suggestion, or that of
another order prosecution
i.e. conviction
&c ? In this as in
other parts of its field,
fear makes law &
as among the heathens,
Gods. p4

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§.2. Terror produced by
darkness

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Law thus, by committing
or confessing any
enormity would a
Judge expose himself
not to punishment
but to expression of
regret &c

Confessing would he
obtain credence?
p.5

4.
Newspapers announcing
a series of Letters on
B.R. abuses: the first
No the last: Publisher
deterred by a spectre
holding forth views
of Jails &c p.5

5.
Suppose an Ellecnboro'
to have done what
Macclesfield or Bacon
did would any one tell
of it? not unless Jail
were the object of his
choice. p.5.

6.
Such the effects &
uses of libel law —
Punty of the Bench
a 40th article. As the
doxy universal: but
this the cause of it.
p.5.

7.
Broken through at
all, the bar is most
likely to be broken
thru' by the uncandid,
incorrect & violent.

Are not these the
most mischievous?
Such at least is the
notion by which the
punishments are adjusted.

Truth, not violence
is the object of the
hostility & gentle
truth remains enchained.
p 5


Identifier: | JB/026/086/001
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 26.

Date_1

1809-05

Marginal Summary Numbering

4d, 1, 1a, 2-3, 3*, 4-7

Box

026

Main Headings

elements of the art of packing

Folio number

086

Info in main headings field

elements of packing part i ch. 9

Image

001

Titles

Category

marginal summary sheet

Number of Pages

1

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

d2 / e2 / f18

Penner

john herbert koe

Watermarks

iping 1804

Marginals

Paper Producer

bernardino rivadavia

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

1804

Notes public

ID Number

8819

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