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& this they had, as much as they thought fit to have, or
they would not have decided. Their decision is of itself
sufficient proof of their having had sufficient evidence: or
no such decision could be conclusive.

Your Memorialist can not forbear looking upon the
decision of the 12 Judges in this behalf as the more conclusive,
and the idea of over-ruling it be 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 henceforward
to waive the mention and the benefit of this additional
body of authority, and content himself with
what, to his humble apprehension, 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 and
reverence towards an authority which has so much claim to



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118

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panopticon

Folio number

118

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002

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copy/fair copy sheet

Number of Pages

4

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recto

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d21 / d22 / d23 / d24

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Notes public

see note to letter 988, vol. 5

ID Number

39172

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