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110
C there be written in great letters "The Women's Room"
into which let none but women enter.
Posted
Publicity
I look upon the provision for publicity
of Law Proceedings as worth all the other possible regulations
of procedure put together.
In the dispensation of Justice, nothing ought
to be done behind the curtain
Secrecy is the companion not of Justice but
of guilt
Posted
Collecting
Evidence
The Informer never ought to have the whole
penalty, where he is not the party grieved: for when
he has, the offender sets up a friend of his own
as an informer, and so saves every thing but
the costs of suit. (a)
Posted
Public Prosecutor
In such Offences against Individuals as are first or 2d rank
Crimes, Let the Prosecutor General have it always in
his power to continue the prosecution although
dropped by the party: to wit in first or 2d rate
crimes and in all offences against the Neighbourhood
and the Public
Posted
NOTE
(a) This there is no preventing: because if a man
has a mind to make neither a present of so much
money there is no preventing him. You may press
an amenable informer on with his suit: but when
his suit is over and come to a conclusion & he has got the penalty you can
not prevent his doing what he pleases with it
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