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26 May 1808
But in general, whatsoever may be wishes of a party will need no
sollicitation to give expression to them, to give their being make them
known to any such momentary occasional Judge, any more than to
any one else, no such operation as sollicitation will be necessary:
his wishes of the party will be sufficiently made known, by
the interest he has in the cause, by the situation
he occupies in the social circle, or by some one or
more of a variety of circumstances.
What has as above has been said of interests
and wishes will in general apply with little variation
apply to the faculty of presenting sinister inducements.
In the plff or the defendant, the Juryman, being a
tradesman beholds a valuable customer: to influence
the part he takes supposing it exposed to view, he has
no need to bear the customer any, give me your vote
or I leave your shop: by the interest which the
customer has in the cause, the shop-keeper is sufficiently
apprized of his wishes: by the profit he is in the habit
of deriving from the good will of the customer, he is sufficiently
apprized instructed what he has to fear, in the event of
his being known to have opposed acted against those
wishes.
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