JB/058/313/001

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April 1805
Evidence

In the prosecution of this plan of iniquity the sinister interest of the
man of law has had for its natural ally, and ready co-adjutor
the interest of the mala fide suitor, in both his stations
that of plff and that of defendant, and in all his shapes:
the opulent oppressor, the needy profligate, who having a certain
portion a command out of the wreck of his fortunes, chooses
rather to expand employ it in purchasing a licence for injustice the means of eluding escaping from his
obligations than in complying with fulfilling the demands of justice.

Indeed in the nature of this confederacy association, the part taken by
the man of law like that of the shop keeper in relation to the customer must necessarily be but secondary and passive.
By the man of law a shop is fitted up for the
sale of two sorts of licences: to the man of improbity coupled with overbearing wealth
a licence for the practice oppression, an oppression licence: to the improbity coupled with indigence, a licence for defrauding creditors
of their due: – in a word a cheating licence.

The nature of this natural partnership the connection
between the two Co-partners – resembles (it may be seen) in
a considerable degree that between the Receiver and the Thief
and the Receiver of stolen goods. The Thief in his line and the dishonest
suitor in his are the active partners by whom the business is to be
set a going. The Receiver in his line, and the man of
law in his line these though not by no means sleeping, are comparatively quiescent
partners: what the receiver furnishes sells to the thief is the
means of profiting by the spirit iniquity: what the Lawyer furnishes sells to
the suitor is the means of practicing it.

Identifier: | JB/058/313/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 58.
Date_1	1805-04-09	Marginal Summary Numbering	1-2
Box	058	Main Headings	evidence
Folio number	313	Info in main headings field	evidence
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e1
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	18982
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