JB/035/074/002

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2
June
1
Beaufoy

under the name whether in the character of Commissioners of Excise in London or of
Justices of the Peace in the country into a trial
by Jury. Wherein lie the alledged defects? Solely
in the indirect means employ'd to produce evidence, & In in the mode of procedure. and that alone. What
is the remedy proposed? a change not in those
mode of means or in that mode but in the
composition of the tribunal. What are the advantages
attributed to this favourite tribunal
as grounds for such a preference? None: only
that it is a favourite and that Blackstone says
it is a fine thing and Excise a bad thing
and so on. On this occasion as on every other,
by this gentleman as by every other, the innate
excellence of this species of tribunal is taken for
granted, instead of being attempted to be proved.
What other proof is What shall we say of The fact is that so far
from being an impartial tribunal, it is the
notorious want of that quality that affords the
only chance of its being resorted to in case of
the granting such an option affords any chance
of its being made use of a man's tak availing
himself of it. The summary procedure costs
nothing: it costs neither money nor so much as
time: the expence of the regular mode with a Jury

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Identifier: | JB/035/074/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 35.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	035	Main Headings	constitutional code; evidence; procedure code
Folio number	074	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d1 / d2 / d3 / d4
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::floyd & co [britannia with shield emblem]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	arthur young
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	10667
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