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affected by the by any variation in respect of the numbers. If the
three parishes in question were not quite so populous
twelve years ago as now, still they were populous parishes
and very populous: if the Villas in them were
then not quite so abundant then as now, still they were
abundant. Suppose for example 200 Villas of sufficient
account then, and 220 of sufficient account now: would
the difference between 200 and 220 make any difference
in the propriety and conclusiveness of the decision? Will
it be said that though good against 200, it becomes
bad the moment the 200 get 20 more, or 200 more,
or any other number more, to join them?
Your So far from it that your Memorialist
humbly contends, that the moment the 12 Judges had
decided if the opinions decisions of the 12 Judges have any
weight where applied as precedents, or any authority
in this country in point of law beyond the individual instances which have
respectively called them forth, the moment those Magistrates had
decided that the inhabitants of a that particular vicinity claiming
relief against the proposed establishment in question on
the vague ground of vicinity for if there had been any
think like integrity it would must have been a different
were not intitled intitled to such relief, it become
law, a rule of law, and a general rule of law,
that not only in that vicinity, but in every other vicinity,
persons
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