JB/081/177/001

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Justiciables they are called in French. In British
India this state of things may, with a particular
degree of facility be conceivable.

Here then by a Plaintiff, if he would
have his demand attended to,— by a Defendant,
if he could be admitted to contest it, — here
were two sorts and sets of helpmates to be hired,
interpreted to convey what passed between
parties and their Advocates, and between
Witnesses and Judge; and Advocates to plead
the cause on both sides.

Between Advocates and Judges the
connection was most intimate. Like robbers
acting together in gangs and without license,-
these licenced, irresistible and unpunishable
depredators, linked together by one common
interest, acted as brothers, and stiled one
another by that name.

Thus circumstanced, they had but
to take measure of the disposable property of
the Suitors, and divide it among one another,
as they could agree.

In and by this confederacy, in a
language, intelligible seldom to both parties,
most commonly to neither, or - what was worse -
to one alone,— not, was the matter talked over
and settled. As to the truth of what was
said, how much was true, how much false,

19.

Identifier: | JB/081/177/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 81.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	081	Main Headings	petition for justice
Folio number	177a "a" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 177.	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c19 / c20 / c29 / c30
Penner		Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	richard doane	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	25964
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