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<add>history</add> of the barbarous ages and you find perjuries <lb/>so abundant <note>See Barrington's Obs. on the<lb/>Statutes.<lb/></note> that chance was looked upon <add>trusted to</add><lb/>as a safer guide than testimony: they have become<lb/>less <add>and less</add> frequent and when committed less and <lb/>less availing in proportion as the art of detection<lb/>has been improved by the <sic>encreasing</sic> sagacity<lb/>of the advocate and the judge. They will be less<lb/>frequent still, when certain obstacles to the efficacy<lb/>of an oath, and certain imperfections in the mode<lb/>of investigating truth shall at length have been<lb/>removed. <note>See §. . . . <lb/></note><p>In the <add>favouring then or</add> setting up this <hi rend="underline">counter</hi>-<hi rend="underline">knowledge</hi> <del>then</del><lb/>if so it may be termed, <add><del>or favouring</del> it</add> consists one of the capital<lb/>resources of the legislator. What there is to<lb/>be done under this head will be <sic>consider'd</sic> in<lb/>another <del>chapter</del> section. <note>§<lb/></note></p><pb/> | |||
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12
Indirect Legislation
§ Knowledge
history of the barbarous ages and you find perjuries
so abundant See Barrington's Obs. on the
Statutes.
that chance was looked upon trusted to
as a safer guide than testimony: they have become
less and less frequent and when committed less and
less availing in proportion as the art of detection
has been improved by the encreasing sagacity
of the advocate and the judge. They will be less
frequent still, when certain obstacles to the efficacy
of an oath, and certain imperfections in the mode
of investigating truth shall at length have been
removed. See §. . . .
In the favouring then or setting up this counter-knowledge then
if so it may be termed, or favouring it consists one of the capital
resources of the legislator. What there is to
be done under this head will be consider'd in
another chapter section. §
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