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That while people who have no concern in a <lb/> | That while people who have no concern in a <lb/> | ||
dispute are sent for from all parts of the<lb/> | dispute are sent for from all parts of the<lb/> | ||
world | world to tell what they know about it, the <lb/> | ||
very persons who know most, the parties <add> | very persons who know most, the parties <add>tho'</add> <del>whole</del><lb/> | ||
they<add>should </add> | they<add>should </add> live close under the Courts, are the very persons <lb/> | ||
who <add>in the Law will not permit even</add><lb/> | who <add>in the Law will not permit even</add><lb/> | ||
can never be called upon. <lb/> | can never be called upon. <lb/> | ||
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True says the <add>practised Lawyer,</add> but this is on <add><gap/></add> great<lb/> | True says the <add>practised Lawyer,</add> but this is on <add><gap/></add> great<lb/> | ||
wisdom, as <add><gap/></add> knowing on the one hand the great<lb/> | wisdom, as <add><gap/></add> knowing on the one hand the great<lb/> | ||
danger of Perjury, if | danger of Perjury, if every one were to be permitted<lb/> | ||
to give <add>evidence in his own <gap/> behalf</add> | to give <add>evidence in his own <gap/> behalf</add> | ||
testimony in his own favour: | testimony in his own favour: &<lb/> | ||
on the other the hardship of compelling him to | on the other the hardship of compelling him to | ||
disclose any thing to his own prejudice. | disclose any thing to his own prejudice. | ||
EVIDENCE Civil.
It somewhat inconsistent when one thinks of
it
That while people who have no concern in a
dispute are sent for from all parts of the
world to tell what they know about it, the
very persons who know most, the parties tho' whole
theyshould live close under the Courts, are the very persons
who in the Law will not permit even
can never be called upon.
True says the practised Lawyer, but this is on great
wisdom, as knowing on the one hand the great
danger of Perjury, if every one were to be permitted
to give evidence in his own behalf
testimony in his own favour: &
on the other the hardship of compelling him to
disclose any thing to his own prejudice.
And how would a poor Layman who should dare
to suggest this from the lights of his untutored reason
be part to & to shame; returned
by his & confounded by the authority of
the wisdom ofLaw, steady and inflexible and laying down to
itself these maxims of prudence from its first
original, & not to be changed from its foundations for
the of the new
half-informed Projectors
To one however, who knows that all this is but
sound, that this maxims have been long
, that all the considerationthis from which all these horrible
consequences are apprehended may be obtained
at any time by him who is able at the same
time that he is willing to purchase it at come up to the price [that
is demanded ] that if it is & , on
one side of he tale it is probably & reasonable
on the other, these afford little
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