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<head>CERTAINTY. EVIDENCE of convicts.</head><!-- left aligned --> | <head>CERTAINTY. EVIDENCE of convicts.</head><!-- left aligned --> | ||
<p>If it be said , the alarm of men would be universal | <p>If it be said, the alarm of men would be universal | ||
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at finding themselves expend to suffer | at finding themselves expend to suffer | ||
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by such evidence , I answer that this <del>could</del> <add>would</add> only | <note>then in framing the rules whereby the <sic>practise</sic> is governed, seem to have <sic>consider'd</sic> the consequence only on one side.</note> | ||
by such evidence, I answer that this <del>could</del> <add>would</add> only | |||
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be in virtue of an opinion as universal that | be in virtue of an opinion as universal that | ||
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such men <add>evidence</add> were not fit to be believed: in proportion | such men <add>evidence</add> were not fit to be believed: in proportion | ||
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therefore as that opinion <add>of the people</add> was strong , the resolution | therefore as that opinion <add>of the people</add> was strong, the resolution | ||
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<note>not a situation <add>to</add> which a man will lightly venture to expose himself <del>to</del> to come into court with a <gap/> which of itself <del>will</del> being false will in all probability be found inconsistent with some truth & liable to detection: with the weight of his former recorded wickedness on his hands. | |||
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of the <sic>Juryis</sic><!-- should be 'Jury is' --> a part of that people | of the <sic>Juryis</sic><!-- should be 'Jury is' --> a part of that people | ||
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<p><add>Great</add> Difference where Evidence may be chosen aforehand, | <p><add>Great</add> Difference where Evidence may be chosen aforehand, | ||
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& where it must be taken as it happens : in the | & where it must be taken as it happens: in the | ||
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first case, | first case, strictness may be used [freely] | ||
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CERTAINTY. EVIDENCE of convicts.
If it be said, the alarm of men would be universal
at finding themselves expend to suffer
then in framing the rules whereby the practise is governed, seem to have consider'd the consequence only on one side.
by such evidence, I answer that this could would only
be in virtue of an opinion as universal that
such men evidence were not fit to be believed: in proportion
therefore as that opinion of the people was strong, the resolution
not a situation to which a man will lightly venture to expose himself to to come into court with a which of itself will being false will in all probability be found inconsistent with some truth & liable to detection: with the weight of his former recorded wickedness on his hands.
of the Juryis a part of that people
would be strong not to give credit to such
evidence — The mischief & the remedy would
grow up together.
Great Difference where Evidence may be chosen aforehand,
& where it must be taken as it happens: in the
first case, strictness may be used [freely]
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EVIDENCE
Propose that Witnesses might be holden to Bail
ad testificandum on a proper Affidavit
Note Perjury lightly treated
I have had the misfortune to seen Witnesses after the grossest Perjury
walk off [unmolested out of the court] without
any other concern than that only of not having
succeeded: pleasantries about at the Bar,
& fear also even from the Bench. as if it was well put , it was a bold attempt
but it would not do — be hamper'd himself here
- — - - — - - — - — — - — — there
All this has shocked me to the very Soul.
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certainty evidence of convicts |
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