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of mercy, from either of which, let him say
what he will, all bond and obligation notwithstanding
the Judge is always at perfect
liberty to draw his decision which soever it
it be that suits best with his convenience
or his taste: and lest the confusion should
not otherwise be thick enough when it is
from the fountain of impunity that the decision
is drawn, nicety strictness rigour and
the like are the terms employed to characterise
the conduct of the Minister of Justice by
whom the license has been granted to the
malefactor. Secure of the wreath of praise
which pursues his conduct whatsoever course
it takes, and from which, were it even his
wish it would scarce be in his power to
escape the Judge has but to the
ground on which it shall descend on his
brow. Whether at the moment Justice or
Mercy be the power chosen to receive
the tribute of his homage, a passage
of Judge Blackstone with a Jewel of
Lord Chief Justice Hales enclosed in it an
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law versus arbitrary power (a hatchet for dr paley's net) |
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