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13 March 1807

4. In regard to the subject of libels in particular, the
it important in my view is the maintenance of this power in the hands of
the a Jury that had it not been t in their hands whatever
is most valuable and most peculiar in the constitution of
those realms would long ago have been destroyed, or rather
would never have been in existence: and that the doctrines
uniformity as far as I understand right maintained by English Judges are would have carried
uniformity into practice be compleatly distinctive of the faculty of
canvassing the propriety of public measures: and
that the practice of the Star Chamber in their head would be a very
beneficial substitute for what had it depended in the
Judges would have been the practice of the Kings Bench.

Identifier: | JB/106/157/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 106.
Date_1	1807-03-13	Marginal Summary Numbering	79
Box	106	Main Headings	scotch reform
Folio number	157	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c3 / e26
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	34745
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