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<p>suppose the unhappy outcast in Court proceedings<lb/> | |||
(by the devices that will now <del>immutably</del> <add>immediately</add><lb/> | |||
be explained,) proceedings and even language<lb/> | |||
have been rendered (he finds) unintelligible<lb/> | |||
to him. Even if he has Counsel, of whom besides<lb/> | |||
one for use, he must have at least<lb/> | |||
one and may be made to have half a dozen<lb/> | |||
for show – if though it be but one of them<lb/> | |||
has opened his mouth, the mouth of the<lb/> | |||
unhappy client is – not indirectly as above,<lb/> | |||
but directly, and with the most shameless<lb/> | |||
effrontery, inexorably closed. The one in whom<lb/> | |||
all his confidence is reposed may by treachery<lb/> | |||
or negligence, or craving for greater gain<lb/> | |||
elsewhere, have forfeited it. Three hundred<lb/> | |||
Guineas have been given with a brief, the<lb/> | |||
fee left unearned, and restitution refused.<lb/> | |||
If in such circumstances a Counsel, though<lb/> | |||
it be who, not expecting to be needed or unprepared<lb/> | |||
has but opened his lips, <hi rend="underline">no</hi> (says the<lb/> | |||
Judge) Counsel has spoken for you, <add>you</add> shall<lb/> | |||
not speak for yourself. A Plaintiff, had he<lb/> | |||
ever such full license to speak, could compel<lb/> | |||
the appearance of a Defendant if both were<lb/> | |||
in Court together by accident, could either<lb/> | |||
compel answer to a question put to the other?<lb/> | |||
Not he indeed!</p> | |||
<p><head>II. Device the Second. Language rendered</head></p> | |||
<p>16.</p><pb/> | |||
<p>To the Honorable the House of Commons in | |||
Parliament <lb/> | |||
assembled.</p> | |||
<p>Justice! Justice! accessible Justice!<lb/> | |||
Justice, not for the few alone, but for all! no longer<lb/> | |||
nominal, but at length real Justice! In these few<lb/> | |||
words, stands expressed, the sum and substance<lb/> | |||
of the Humble Petition which we the undersigned<lb/> | |||
in behalf of ourselves and all other his Majesty's<lb/> | |||
long-suffering-subjects, now at length have become<lb/> | |||
emboldened to address <add>to</add> the Honorable House.</p> | |||
<p>At present, To all men, justice, or what<lb/> | |||
goes by that name, is either denied or sold: denied to<lb/> | |||
the immense many; sold to the favoured few: nor<lb/> | |||
to these, but at an extensively ruinous price. Such<lb/> | |||
is the <hi rend="underline">grievance.</hi></p> | |||
<p>As to the cause it is undeniable. Power<lb/> | |||
to Judges to pay themselves: to pay themselves what<lb/> | |||
they please, so it be at the expence of suitors.</p> | |||
The denial and the sale follow of necessity.<lb/> | |||
<p>Be the pay in each instance but a farthing, — to all<lb/> | |||
those that can not pay the farthing, justice is denied;<lb/> | |||
to all those who can and do pay the farthing, sold.</p> | |||
<p>And the persons on whom alone this burthen<lb/> | |||
is imposed — who are they? Who, but the very persons<lb/> | |||
who alone, were the exemption possible, should be</p> | |||
<p>1.</p> | |||
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suppose the unhappy outcast in Court proceedings
(by the devices that will now immutably immediately
be explained,) proceedings and even language
have been rendered (he finds) unintelligible
to him. Even if he has Counsel, of whom besides
one for use, he must have at least
one and may be made to have half a dozen
for show – if though it be but one of them
has opened his mouth, the mouth of the
unhappy client is – not indirectly as above,
but directly, and with the most shameless
effrontery, inexorably closed. The one in whom
all his confidence is reposed may by treachery
or negligence, or craving for greater gain
elsewhere, have forfeited it. Three hundred
Guineas have been given with a brief, the
fee left unearned, and restitution refused.
If in such circumstances a Counsel, though
it be who, not expecting to be needed or unprepared
has but opened his lips, no (says the
Judge) Counsel has spoken for you, you shall
not speak for yourself. A Plaintiff, had he
ever such full license to speak, could compel
the appearance of a Defendant if both were
in Court together by accident, could either
compel answer to a question put to the other?
Not he indeed!
II. Device the Second. Language rendered
16.
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To the Honorable the House of Commons in
Parliament
assembled.
Justice! Justice! accessible Justice!
Justice, not for the few alone, but for all! no longer
nominal, but at length real Justice! In these few
words, stands expressed, the sum and substance
of the Humble Petition which we the undersigned
in behalf of ourselves and all other his Majesty's
long-suffering-subjects, now at length have become
emboldened to address to the Honorable House.
At present, To all men, justice, or what
goes by that name, is either denied or sold: denied to
the immense many; sold to the favoured few: nor
to these, but at an extensively ruinous price. Such
is the grievance.
As to the cause it is undeniable. Power
to Judges to pay themselves: to pay themselves what
they please, so it be at the expence of suitors.
The denial and the sale follow of necessity.
Be the pay in each instance but a farthing, — to all
those that can not pay the farthing, justice is denied;
to all those who can and do pay the farthing, sold.
And the persons on whom alone this burthen
is imposed — who are they? Who, but the very persons
who alone, were the exemption possible, should be
1.
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