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Case of the fondness of Lawyers for
capitally punishing-laws counteracted
with almost constant pardons — Professional
sinister Interest how served by it.

l. By familiarising the people with
the exercise of arbitrary power. 2.
With habitual causes courses of insincerity on
the part of their rulers.

True it is that supposing a case brought
to view, in which on a question of legislation,
the interest of the fraternity of lawyers pointing
manifestly one way, the opinion of this
or that lawyer is seen pointing the opposite
way, the fallacious tendency of the argument
from authority may in this case be with
propriety considered as being in a considerable
degree diminished.

Take for instance a case which
not long ago was seen exemplified

Amongst other points of depravity,
which it is the interest of the fraternity to
in the texture of the law is this
viz that the lives of the other members of
the



Identifier: | JB/107/335/001
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 107.

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Marginal Summary Numbering

Box

107

Main Headings

law versus arbitrary power (a hatchet for dr paley's net)

Folio number

335

Info in main headings field

Image

001

Titles

Category

copy/fair copy sheet

Number of Pages

2

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

Penner

Watermarks

[[watermarks::[simplified hanoverian royal arms] 1821]]

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Paper Producer

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

1821

Notes public

ID Number

35326

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