JB/047/068/001

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May 1806
Evidence

In the endeavour used to find a rational cause for this irrational
practice the exclusion put upon evidence of this description self-prejudicing evidence
has been is thus ranked under the head of vexation. Follow out Look into the effects
of it you will see find it in fact, even in the instance of the very persons
meant to be for whom the benefit of the rule was intended, malefactors
of all descriptions, productive of more much more vexation than it averts saves.
Intimation of this head of mischief intimation has already been given under another the head
of irrelevancy head. The culprit who is kept lingering at the bar in hot water for hours
or days while extraneous testimony is delivered or tendered by witnesses, could
supported and combated by advocates, would be spared from all this frequently at the price
of a single answer to a single question be saved from all this torture.
In a word all By this specious frequently treacherous as well
as always mischievous pernicious indulgence, delinquents are divided as it were into
two groups: those of the one saved altogether, those of the other worse tormented. In
which of the two would the greater numbers be to be found? one a secret of the
secrets well worth knowing, but not by any sagacity to be discovered.

In By which of the two is the punishment annexed to their offences
most strictly merited most justly done: those on whom the black in this blind lottery
the black lot falls, or those whom it spares leaves untouched? a question
as not more susceptible of an answer than the preceding one.

Such are the errors, such the mischiefs produced by sentimentalism, when substituted consulted (which is as much as to say opposed) to the benevolent
and laborious investigations performed by under the guidance of deductions drawn from the principle of utility: sentimentalism
which is nothing more than self-blinded prejudice and caprice.

Identifier: | JB/047/068/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 47.
Date_1	1806-05	Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	047	Main Headings	evidence
Folio number	068	Info in main headings field	evidence
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	14936
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