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<p>look at the Jury in an <sic>uncontrovertible</sic>, irresponsible <lb/>whose caprice <add>is antipathy</add>or unknown <unclear>interest</unclear> or secret <lb/> vengeance may decide his will and whose <lb/>will is his only law, and to whom a certain<lb/>dose of obstinacy from whatever source derived <lb/>gives power to <unclear> | <p>look at the Jury in an <sic>uncontrovertible</sic>, irresponsible <lb/>whose caprice <add>is antipathy</add>or unknown <unclear>interest</unclear> or secret <lb/> vengeance may decide his will and whose <lb/>will is his only law, and to whom a certain<lb/>dose of obstinacy from whatever source derived <lb/>gives power to <unclear>subdue</unclear>all his fellows.</p> | ||
<p><p>3<del>This argument would have</del>Quitting the strict<lb/>sense of the word decide does the argument <add>observation</add><lb/>mean that <unclear>word</unclear>under this regimen no<lb/>more <add>one</add>meets the man who has it in his <lb/>power to pervert <add>render</add>the Law into an <add>the</add>instrument<lb/>of <add>his</add> destruction: it is not true of this system: it <lb/>can not be true of any. Under <del>our</del>my system<lb/>even the word constituted one a Judge how even <lb/><add>the station of a Judge, how ill</add>ill-disposed,<add>so-ever filled</add>is the person <add>station</add>of all others from<lb/>whom such an injury is least to be apprehended<lb/>. A false witness may <del><gap/></del><add>extract</add>extort <lb/> an unjust conviction from the most upright<lb/> Judge. <note>What could <unclear>Appsire</unclear> have done or so much as attempted, without his</note>A Judge however profligate can not of<lb/>himself form a scheme for oppressing <add>ruining</add>a man<lb/>without the help of a false witness. Infinite is the<lb/> mischief that may be done by a bad judge: but <lb/>rarely indeed does it depend upon him to choose<lb/> his victim. The worst Judges upon record have<lb/> not done so: not Bacon in the civil line: not Scoggs <lb/> not Jefferies in the criminal. Bad <gap/> Judges are <lb/></p> | |||
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look at the Jury in an uncontrovertible, irresponsible
whose caprice is antipathyor unknown interest or secret
vengeance may decide his will and whose
will is his only law, and to whom a certain
dose of obstinacy from whatever source derived
gives power to subdueall his fellows.
3This argument would haveQuitting the strict
sense of the word decide does the argument observation
mean that wordunder this regimen no
more onemeets the man who has it in his
power to pervert renderthe Law into an theinstrument
of his destruction: it is not true of this system: it
can not be true of any. Under ourmy system
even the word constituted one a Judge how even
the station of a Judge, how illill-disposed,so-ever filledis the person stationof all others from
whom such an injury is least to be apprehended
. A false witness may extractextort
an unjust conviction from the most upright
Judge. What could Appsire have done or so much as attempted, without hisA Judge however profligate can not of
himself form a scheme for oppressing ruininga man
without the help of a false witness. Infinite is the
mischief that may be done by a bad judge: but
rarely indeed does it depend upon him to choose
his victim. The worst Judges upon record have
not done so: not Bacon in the civil line: not Scoggs
not Jefferies in the criminal. Bad Judges are
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jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::floyd & co [britannia with shield emblem]]] |
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