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Indirect

Raising Evidence

In process of time Little by little legal proceedings became
intira intricate, and the rules of evidence, one
after another were laid down. The By the reward
offer'd to a man the informer for his evidence, the
cause was become his own: he therefore was not
to be permitted to give his evidence. The lawyers
ha of old I mean judges and law writers have had a
maxim among them that no man ought to be hold
himself wiser than the law: by this they mean than
themselves: for no man could be more ready forward than those four or five creatures
of the crown
to
hold themselves wiser than the King, the Lords
& [Commons] representatives
of the people]
their superiors, [the
legislature. Here is a man we have engaged
to tell you of an offence that has been committed,
hear him what he has to say says the legislature: no say
those Judges we will do no such thing it is contrary to our rules: It
Nevertheless their attachment to these rules, as casual
went no farther than the letter husk: what became
of so long as the letter [of the rule] was complied
with, what became of the spirit of it they did not
care. At last Between the rigour of the Judge and the
ingenuity of the advocate or the attorney the matter
was settled thus. The business of prosecuting was
by this time become a distinct task from that of
attending to give evidence: the latter was still to be
performed

Identifier: | JB/087/183/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 87.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	087	Main Headings	indirect legislation
Folio number	183	Info in main headings field	indirect
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f9 / f10 / f11 / f12
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::gr [crown motif] [britannia with shield motif]]]
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Notes public		ID Number	27708
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