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Judicial Estab. Judges Number

in question is : one part of the public guided
judging merely by from <add>by the</add> prejudice shall approve think the
decision of the Judge is a right one merely because
it is his decision: and with respect to this part
he sense of security will remain inviolate. But
another part at the same time will be guided by
reason form an opinion of their own and judge
from reason: and with respect to this part the
sense of security will suffer a wound more or
less keen sharp acute in proportion to the injustice.

This ground of independence on public opinion
will itself is evident in proportion to
8
Instances
1. Parliament of
Paris.
2. Middlesex Election.
3. Functionary decision
in the
cause.

The strength of this ground of independence it
must increase it is evident in proportion to the
numbers. To the In France while there existed
a Parliament of Paris there must always have
been great multitudes a large proportion of the people with whom
any decision whatever given by its so numerous
a body of Judges of high station as the Parliament
of Paris would have passed for good merely because
it was the decision of the Parliament of
Paris.+ +In England the
decision of the twelve
Judges though settled
over a bottle at Serjeant's
Inn has carried
many an absurdity
through the
public with a degree
of facility which would
not have been experienced by
any one or any four of
by a single Court or a
single Judge
them.
In the same country what there were multitudes were there on whom In England a measure so palpably unjust
+
+and subversive
of the rights of
electors

as the decision against Mr Wilkes relative
to the Middlesex Election passed with there were multitudes for just



Identifier: | JB/051/379/003
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 51.

Date_1

Marginal Summary Numbering

6-8

Box

051

Main Headings

evidence; procedure code

Folio number

379

Info in main headings field

judicial establishment judges number

Image

003

Titles

Category

text sheet

Number of Pages

4

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

f7* / f8* / f9 / f10

Penner

jeremy bentham

Watermarks

[[watermarks::l munn [britannia with shield emblem]]]

Marginals

jeremy bentham

Paper Producer

benjamin constant

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

ID Number

16544

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