JB/091/046/001

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5 June 1804
Evidence Scotch Reform

convertible. To give bulk to that portion of expence which to
him was so much profit, it became necessary to him to give
bulk not only to a great deal more expence from which
which produced to him no profit not any profit, but abundance of other
mischief – vexation it does to a variety of other individuals other individuals in various classes
in a variety of other shapes – vexation, delay and thence
impunity direct injustice to delinquents, less of right to the miscreant and the injured:
mischief which in itself was of no use to him, nor
would have been produced but for that without abundance
of mischief really of use to him could not have been produced.
An insolvent or dishonest defendant excepted Delay of itself was of no use to any body: but out of the bosom of delay
came fresh incidents; from fresh incidents fresh questions
fresh pretences for scribbling, fresh scribbling, fresh operations of
various kinds and fresh facts. Fiction by itself, the mere refusal
to hear the parties, was worth no money to the Judge or
to any of his retainers – but from this one useless circumstances flowed
a multitude of useful mischiefs. From the exclusion thus put
upon the most instructive lights, came a multitude of profitable
misconceptions and mistakes. Had the parties met in the first
instance in the presence of the Judge, the this first day of the cause
might too often have been the last. Explanation being prevented, the
cause like a neglected fever, ran on its course. The two
best if not only witnesses being thus shut out, others if haply they were to be had – others in greater numbers
became were necessary to supply their place. The two persons
in the world who could have spoken must be the not
being suffered to speak, those who but for from them became were nothing
strangers to the fact about the matter were to be set employed to write: the most if not only pertinent
discussions that the subject which the business admitted of being forbidden silenced,
impertinent other discussions, some by word of mouth, some more in writing,
discussions abounding in falshood and for the most part useless,
were to be carried on in a variety of places, by men who
knew little about the matter and cared less.

Identifier: | JB/091/046/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 91.
Date_1	1804-06-05	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	091	Main Headings	scotch reform
Folio number	046	Info in main headings field	evidence scotch reform to the people
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	e2
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	29042
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