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A abuse still if yet behindThe pinnacle of the climax is yet to come.
The abominationgrievance of law taxes would be reformation
in comparison of the abomination of law
fees sinecures made out of law-fees. So many
of these offices as we see Offices of this sort abound A law since re
endowed with fees
is an office endowed
by a set of law taxes
established without consent
of Parliament,
and of which the produce
instead of being
applied to the exigencies
of the state, is squandered
away in the of
collection, by being
applied to the encouragement
of idleness
and not to say and to the augmentation
of corruptive
influence

in the English system Abominations offices of this sort
are scarcely to be found any where but under the
English system: certainly no where in any thing
like an equal degreeequal abundance.. Their names are various:
one might sum for all of them: in for shortness Abettor-General:
at length Abettor-General ming of all crimes. To encourage cherish wickedness
to protect iniquity in all its shapes, such is the
function and the only function attached which they know to them.

This according to their system is doubtless the
end of government: that the pillage of the distressed Judges do something
for their money:
these licensed subordina<add>inefficientidlest of all plunderers
do nothing but
collect the plunder .

may be carried on decently, regularly quietly and without
hope of remedy. Between the vulgar felon and the
noble plunderer thus invested what is the difference. Both preyfeed, though
in different quarters in
the vitals of security:
the one in a direct way
by inflicting injuries:
the other in a more
diversified way on the one hand sometimes
by aggravating
injuries on the other hand sometimes
by lting the ill
from

The one does plunders mischief without law:
the others by prostitution of law. The one works Toil and danger
are the portion of the former hard and risks his neck by it: the other enjoys
the fruits of iniquity in security and care. The
one is loaded with infamy: the other with honour: and The with

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Identifier: | JB/169/142/001
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 169.

Date_1

Marginal Summary Numbering

Box

169

Main Headings

Folio number

142

Info in main headings field

law taxes

Image

001

Titles

Category

text sheet

Number of Pages

4

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

d1 / d2 / d3 / d4

Penner

jeremy bentham

Watermarks

[[watermarks::floyd & co [britannia with shield motif]]]

Marginals

Paper Producer

arthur young

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

ID Number

56962

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