JB/047/323/001

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27 March 1812
Evidence

10. That, in the character of a promissory oath at large,
the , but too frequently and too naturally, as a bond of , and as a mechanical
, in the hands it is employed, and but too naturally, and with but too
much frequency and success, in giving union, and force, and effect,
to the mischievous enterprizes of criminal and lawless conspirators.

11. That in this same character of a promissory oath, in the mouth of an English Monarch it is but too well adapted
to the affording pretence and encouragement
to misrule by abuse of prerogative: and, on this
occasion, the application made of it in and by the Coronation
Oath is brought to view.

12. That in those seats of superior education, in
which the the minds conceptions minds and character, or both will
characters of a considerable portion proportion of the members future rulers of the community were are formed, the use that has
been made of it been made, and continues to be made, of this instrument is such as to have introduced distortion into
the intellectual, as well as corruption into the moral
part of the mental frame: and, to on this occasion,
a fundamental error in morals and legislation – an error respecting the use and application
of punishment, in are errors forced into the minds of forced
the gentlemen of the station those instances into the
is brought to view. by an irresistible pressure into the mind, in that its tender
and yielding state of its growth, is brought to view.

13. That to the purposes to which is with char on any of the occasions, on which, to the purpose of judicature,
it is employed in the character of an assertory or judicial oath oath, for the purposes of judicature there is exists not any real need of it; for that its place
may be supplied, and with great advantage, by
other and unexceptionable arrangements, of which arrangements
are accordingly brought to view an indication is
accordingly brought to view.

Identifier: | JB/047/323/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 47.
Date_1	1812-03-27	Marginal Summary Numbering	12-15
Box	047	Main Headings	rationale of judicial evidence
Folio number	323	Info in main headings field	evidence
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e6 / f109
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	<…> co
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	a. levy
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	15191
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