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Will positive evidence be asked for in
proof of so necessary a truth? Every magazine
and every newspaper would furnish afford it. But the
very nature of things the case is surely such as to
render superfluous such an enquiry. That most
consummate imbecillity Imbr Folly Incapacity
of the most perfect the most consummate might
mind reign in every Jury-box and in every
Jury-room for ages without betraying itself
in a single instance. ++Set aside the cases where damages are to be given, eleven those mute
speechless puppets with one speaking automaton
at their head would discharge for ages ever all the
necessary functions of a Jury. The vocabularies
of the Abbe Mical's man and that of Mr Hempel's child were both of them Guilty
on or not guilty, — For the Plaintiff or for
the Defendant — as a compose of a vocabulary
inferior to far below the powers of not only of Mr Humpel's
querulous and loquacious child, but even
of the Abbe Mical's single-speech orator.
In this case therefore, if in this any, case non-appearance
non-appearance can never be received
as a proof of non-existence. Yet somehow or other, and
Identifier: | JB/035/030/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 35.
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constitutional code; evidence; procedure code |
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text sheet |
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jeremy bentham |
floyd & co |
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arthur young |
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