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<head>PROCEDURE EVIDENCE Number.</head> | |||
<p>The Law that makes two witnesses necessary<lb/> | |||
to conviction, is a license to committ all imaginable<lb/> | |||
villainies in the sight of one.</p> | |||
<p>It is less improbable that a man will <add>has</add> committ<lb/> | |||
any given crime, than that another<lb/> | |||
will swear it upon him falsely.</p> | |||
<p>It is more probable that 100 murders will<lb/> | |||
be committed if men know that one<add>a <unclear>single</unclear></add><lb/> | |||
witness will not be heard in proof of them,<lb/> | |||
than it is that one <del><gap/></del> execution <add>of an <unclear>innocent man</unclear> </add> should<lb/> | |||
take place from the trusting to a single <lb/> | |||
witness.</p> | |||
<p><del>If we æstimate still more accurately, we<lb/> | |||
may say, that it is an improbability still</del> | |||
<note>a hundred times<lb/> | |||
more improbable</note> | |||
N. B. The chance of <add>for</add> Perjury that still remains<lb/> | |||
when 2 witnesses are conclusive, & the chance<lb/> | |||
<hi rend='underline'>against</hi> Perjury when one is, by his testimony being<lb/> | |||
<unclear>overborne</unclear> by opposite evidence, are left to be taken into<lb/> | |||
the account. | |||
<note>A Law requiring<lb/> | |||
two begets a <lb/> | |||
<hi rend='underline'>false reliance</hi><lb/> | |||
upon number.</note> | |||
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PROCEDURE EVIDENCE Number.
The Law that makes two witnesses necessary
to conviction, is a license to committ all imaginable
villainies in the sight of one.
It is less improbable that a man will has committ
any given crime, than that another
will swear it upon him falsely.
It is more probable that 100 murders will
be committed if men know that onea single
witness will not be heard in proof of them,
than it is that one execution of an innocent man should
take place from the trusting to a single
witness.
If we æstimate still more accurately, we
may say, that it is an improbability still
a hundred times
more improbable
N. B. The chance of for Perjury that still remains
when 2 witnesses are conclusive, & the chance
against Perjury when one is, by his testimony being
overborne by opposite evidence, are left to be taken into
the account.
A Law requiring
two begets a
false reliance
upon number.
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