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CERTAINTY. EVIDENCE. Quaker

To say that it is not safe to admitt a Quaker to
give evidence in a capital criminal case answers, is to
say, that in Pensylvania the security of the
under capital criminal accusations is not as great as any
where also, contrary to the known truth of the Fact.

To prevent frauds, a Certificate, if thought necessary
may be required from a Quaker congregation, of the
Witnesse's being of that persuasion.

Either all persons is utterly unworthy of credit from <add>who haves been of that persuasion</add>
are for that single reason utterly unworthy of all credit,
or the very compliance which is exacted ins necessary
to give them credit competency, is the very circumstance which if it
has any effect, has that of lessening their credibility

Swallowing his scruples with concerning what he
regards numbers as of among the essentials of Religion is required
of him a man at the very instant of whomis it is expected that he should be
sway'd by bound by a Religion [a ceremony of] Religion. Into such inconsistencies is a Jurisprudence lid when governed by the petty prejudices of Sects.

So inconsequent is

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	051	Main Headings	evidence; procedure code
Folio number	006	Info in main headings field	certainty evidence quaker
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
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Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[partial britannia with shield motif]]]
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Notes public		ID Number	16171
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