JB/047/079/001

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12 July 1803
Evidence

compleat and universal and general acquaintance with the existing law had it been rendered
possible, that knowledge which lawyers never cease to suppose on the existence of which lawyers have never ceased to either build
their conclusions and their rules or to do what has depended upon them towards rendering it
impossible possible, would not sufficient to render the maintenance existence of society
impossible. After the death of the servant – when the
extraction of duly sanctioned and scrutinized testimony from him
has by the hand of omnipotence been rendered no longer possible –
after the death of the servant arrival of that period, when all personal profit to him by
be reaped by falshood on his part has ceased to be possible – will
an entry in his hand writing attesting the delivery he received as evidence?
Yes and no: – decisions are at variance. Under the anarchy
still to this hour maintained by the conflict between prejudice
and utility on this ground, it is impossible belongs to rashness
only alone to say answer pronounce either yes or no with confidence. But what may
be asserted, and with the most perfect confidence, is that under
the consistent application of the exclusive rule, this source
as well as every other source of truth information and justice would
on this ground be dried up.

Identifier: | JB/047/079/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 47.
Date_1	1803-07-12	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	047	Main Headings	evidence
Folio number	079	Info in main headings field	evidence
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e2
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	14947
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