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Book 1. Chap. 13.
Of Rewards to Informers. (Pages 5)
The execution of a law
depends upon information.
The informer is as
necessary as the
Judge.
It has been found
necessary to appoint
for some offences an
Recuser general
In a well ordered
community every
individual possessing
evidence ought to
be an informer
Pity, dislike to the law,
fear of making enemies
&c prevent men from
informing
Rewards therefore
have been offered to
informers
It has been always
one. It is supported
by authority though
condemned by opinion
Hence the value of the
reward is only nominal
It is said Informers
are odious
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It arises from false
principles
It introduces Espionage.
Inspection need only
be dreaded by the
wicked
It may produce
false evidence
In a right state of
society, mercenary
witnesses will be
exposed to distrust
The prejudice has
been introduced
by a recollection of
the informers under
the Roman Emperors
It recalls a recollection
of the Informers
in the time of
religious persecution
The prejudice opposes
the general good
it is founded on
sympathy and
antipathy
This prejudice confounds
the judicial and he
clandestine Informer
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The Law's Judges and
Barristers ought to
oppose & not to
foster this prejudice
If the Laws are evil
abolish them if the
Laws are good, be
not afraid to use
the instruments
necessary for their
execution
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