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COUNTY COURTS BILL

MINUTES OF EVIDENCE

TAKEN BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE

on the

BILL for preventing Delays and Expenses in the Proceedings of
County Courts, and for the more easy and speedy Recovery of
Small Debts, in England and Wales.

Lunæ, 21° die Februarij, 1825

LORD VISCOUNT ALTHORP,
IN THE CHAIR.

Thomas George Knapp, Esquire, called in ; and Examined.

YOU are deputy clerk of assize in the court of Common Pleas?—Yes
You receive certain fees upon all actions that are tried?—I do. I have been
associate nearly forty years; I have been clerk of assize since the death of my
brother.

Is it as associate, or as clerk of assize, and holds the office at his pleasure.

Then both the clerk of assize and the associate receive fees?—The clerk
of assize nominates the associate, and then the associate holds entirely under him;
therefore, the profits of the associate must be considered as held by the clerk
of assize, the other is a mere officer of him.

In point of fact, does the clerk of assize himself receive any fees upon actions
brought in the court?—Certainly the clerk of assize does, because the officer, for
instance, may merely have a certain sum for going each individual circuit; the
associate is an officer under the clerk of assize.

Identifier: | JB/004/037/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 4.
Date_1	1825-05-04	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	004	Main Headings	lord brougham displayed
Folio number	037	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles	county courts bill / minutes of evidence / taken before the select committee on the / bill / for preventing delays and expenses in the proceedings of county courts, and for the more easy and speedy recovery of small debts, in england and wales
Category	printed material	Number of Pages	36
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	(6-35)
Penner		Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	1958
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