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In this argument an assumption is included; viz.<lb/> that the security against error increases at any rate<lb/> up to the number <hi rend='underline'>twelve</hi> with the number of Judges<lb/> of this description employed upon the cause.</p> | In this argument an assumption is included; viz.<lb/> that the security against error increases at any rate<lb/> up to the number <hi rend='underline'>twelve</hi> with the number of Judges<lb/> of this description employed upon the cause.</p> | ||
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<del>The <unclear>sense</unclear></del> of the proposition thus affirmed the truth<lb/> is not | <del>The <unclear>sense</unclear></del> of the proposition thus affirmed the truth<lb/> is not <add>to my <unclear>opportunism</unclear> clear</add> clear to me. When responsibility has place, <lb/> the reverse has already been stated as clear <add>+</add> <note><hi rend='superscript'>+</hi> testite thif. Libr. 1</note> but here responsibility<lb/> is not to have place:<add>to be excluded</add> this being the case<lb/> instead of a span filled <add>occupied</add> by reason, a void presents itself<lb/> to my view: that <add>by augmentation of the number from three as far as twelve</add> the chances against error may be<lb/> increased, diminished, is less as they are, in proportions<lb/> that present themselves as standing, all of them, upon equal<lb/> ground. I see not <add>clearly</add> in what way <add>within this limit</add> the circumstance<lb/> of number can exercise any determinate influence: the<lb/> Judge being in each case present, <del>to</del> and ready to<lb/> give direction to every judgment <gap/> thinks <add>apply for it</add> fit to accept<lb/> it.</p> | ||
<p><!-- indent -->But the assumption being such as many seem disposed<lb/> to make, let us for argument sake accede to it</p> | <p><!-- indent -->But the assumption being such as many seem disposed<lb/> to make, let us for argument sake accede to it</p> | ||
<p><!-- indent --> For applying <add>making</add> <add>the desired increase of number</add> on the<lb/> sum of increase of importance in the cause, increase lb/><del>of number</del> to the number of the jurors occupied in it<lb/> three modes present themselves -<lb/> | <p><!-- indent --> For applying <add>making</add> <add>the desired increase of number</add> on the<lb/> sum of increase of importance in the cause, increase lb/><del>of number</del> to the number of the jurors occupied in it<lb/> three modes present themselves -<lb/> | ||
1. One is, to make a table <add>or scale</add> of importance: three<lb/> Jurymen, for example, to be the number to be employed<lb/> in causes of the lowest degree of importance, viz. in value<lb/> from <!-- pound symbol -->5 (causes up to that value being <add>in Scotland</add> determined<lb/> by the Small Debt Courts) to <!-- pound symbol -->10 or <!-- pound symbol --> 20: and so<lb/> upward, till the number rises to eleven, or in analogy to<lb/> the numbers employed in a <unclear> | 1. One is, to make a table <add>or scale</add> of importance: three<lb/> Jurymen, for example, to be the number to be employed<lb/> in causes of the lowest degree of importance, viz. in value<lb/> from <!-- pound symbol -->5 (causes up to that value being <add>in Scotland</add> determined<lb/> by the Small Debt Courts) to <!-- pound symbol -->10 or <!-- pound symbol --> 20: and so<lb/> upward, till the number rises to eleven, or in analogy to<lb/> the numbers employed in a <unclear>criminal</unclear> cause, as high as fifteen. </p> | ||
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2 June 1808
In this argument an assumption is included; viz.
that the security against error increases at any rate
up to the number twelve with the number of Judges
of this description employed upon the cause.
The sense of the proposition thus affirmed the truth
is not to my opportunism clear clear to me. When responsibility has place,
the reverse has already been stated as clear + + testite thif. Libr. 1 but here responsibility
is not to have place:to be excluded this being the case
instead of a span filled occupied by reason, a void presents itself
to my view: that by augmentation of the number from three as far as twelve the chances against error may be
increased, diminished, is less as they are, in proportions
that present themselves as standing, all of them, upon equal
ground. I see not clearly in what way within this limit the circumstance
of number can exercise any determinate influence: the
Judge being in each case present, to and ready to
give direction to every judgment thinks apply for it fit to accept
it.
But the assumption being such as many seem disposed
to make, let us for argument sake accede to it
For applying making the desired increase of number on the
sum of increase of importance in the cause, increase lb/>of number to the number of the jurors occupied in it
three modes present themselves -
1. One is, to make a table or scale of importance: three
Jurymen, for example, to be the number to be employed
in causes of the lowest degree of importance, viz. in value
from 5 (causes up to that value being in Scotland determined
by the Small Debt Courts) to 10 or 20: and so
upward, till the number rises to eleven, or in analogy to
the numbers employed in a criminal cause, as high as fifteen.
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