JB/067/040/001

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May 1809
Prefs.

1
Note at a double
fee practice is in the
teeth of a Statute
4 G.2. c.18 S.2. p.1

2
Hence three distinguishable
offences –
1. Waste of public money
2. Corruption
3. Contempt of Parlt of which corruption
alone is open to
dispute. p.1

3
Plea – King not
bound, unless named√ the King i:e: anybody
else who to the convenience
adds the power
of acting as such –
ex. gr. Ch. Justice of B R
in do. Ct: or, by parity
of reason any other Judge
or Judges. p.2.

4.
Suppose the double
fees in question given.
The disobedience to the
Act being unquestionable,
the only possible plea
for the of some steward or Secretary
of the Treasury is the
above. p.2.

5.
In the Times reply
the Debate the Atty Genl
declares his abhorrence
of this practice.
Of this abhorrence
what are the consequences
to the public & the delinquents?
Prosecution? or a
repetition of abhorrence
toties quoties? whereby
vice produces perpetual
crops of virtue. p.4.

6.
Under libel law for
delinquency in high
stations punishment is
never incurred by the
delinquent.

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6.
Under Libel law for
delinquency in high
stations, punishment
is never incurred by
the delinquent always
by the indicator or complainer.
Thence the persons
who, if guilty, have
nothing to fear are
Mac, his Dep. Remember
Atty Genl or Treasury
of the time, but
J.B. & also since the
recent improvement
could not save himself
by banishment. p.5.

7
A new Restoration little
less felicitous, howsoever
hopeless, than the old
one, wod be the restoration
of the King to that
part of his throne out
of which he has been
thrust by Judge & Co. p.6.

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Identifier: | JB/067/040/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 67.
Date_1	1809-05	Marginal Summary Numbering	1-7
Box	067	Main Headings	liberty of the press
Folio number	040	Info in main headings field	press ch. double fee abuse
Image	001	Titles
Category	marginal summary sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	john herbert koe	Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	21873
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