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-on the decision of the 12 Judges in this behalf as
the more conclusive, and the idea of over-ruling it by
any extra-judicial authority, as the more unconstitutional
& indefensible, inasmuch as that venerable body
not only were Judges ad hoc, appointed by the
particular Act of Parliament in question, but, by
the general law of Parliament, are the regular and
official guardians of all private rights, in as far as
such rights stand liable to be affected by Acts of
Parliament. In the present instance the authority
of this venerable body was even farther reinforced
by the addition of three other great Magistrates, the
Lord Mayor of London, the Speaker of the House
of Commons, and the Lord High Chancellor: but,
not to tire your Lordships with repetitions, your
Memorialist will beg leave hence forward to waive
the mention & the benefit of this additional body
of authority, and content himself with what, to
his humble apprehensions, is quite sufficient for
the purpose of his argument, the authority of the
12 Judges.

Supposing your Lordships judgment in this
respect not absolutely confined by any legal tie, your
Memorialist humbly conceives, that, were it merely
out of decorum & reverence towards an authority which

Identifier: | JB/118/091/004 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 118.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	118	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	091	Info in main headings field
Image	004	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f23 / f24 / f25 / f26
Penner		Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	39145
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