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<p><add>performed</add> by the only person <add>one person of all others</add> who had it in his<lb/>power: while the former was to be shifted off<lb/>upon <del>m</del> | <p><add>performed</add> by the only person <add>one person of all others</add> who had it in his<lb/>power: while the former was to be shifted off<lb/>upon <del>m</del> men of straw or what came to the <lb/>same thing some confidential friend who was<lb/>set up by the former. <add>latter.</add> Who then was to be<lb/>paid for giving information? a man who of<lb/<add>>himself</add> his own knowledge knew nothing about the matter: <lb/>a man who but for the witness would have<lb/>had none to give. Who was <del>to</del> expected to give<lb/>evidence? a man, <del>from whom</del> who the judge having<lb/>taken <add>from him</add> that reward which the legislature thought<lb/>fit to give him, had no motice, if matters<lb/>were as they appeared to be, to take <del>upon him<lb/>that trouble</del> any such trouble upon his hands.<lb/></p><!-- The following note is in pencil --> <note>I shall say nothing here of 1. the adherence by the legislature itself in its <gap/> <gap/><lb/> upon those<lb/>who <sic>obey'd</sic> the invitations<lb/>itself had <add>has</add><lb/> given. Of how it<lb/> <gap/> with <gap/> the only person who can give evidence</note><p><del>Upon the original plan there <add>it</add> was a necessary</del><lb/>While the informere was <add>what his name imports him to be, a</add> <del>the</del> witness <del>there was<lb/>a necessity</del> <add>a necessary</add> measure to offere the reward <add>for informing</add> to any one<lb/>who would earn it: because <add>for</add> you must get your<lb/>witnesses where you can. Now that he is a mere<lb/>prosecutor the measure is not only <add>an</add> unnecessary <note>comparatively speaking<lb/></note> but <add>a very</add> pernicious<lb/> one: it is a very bad <hi rend="underline">succedaneum</hi> to the<lb/>institution of a <hi rend="underline"><foreign>partie publique</foreign></hi>, an officer whose<lb/> <note>business</note></p> | ||
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Indirect
Raising Evidence
performed by the only person one person of all others who had it in his
power: while the former was to be shifted off
upon m men of straw or what came to the
same thing some confidential friend who was
set up by the former. latter. Who then was to be
paid for giving information? a man who of<lb/>himself his own knowledge knew nothing about the matter:
a man who but for the witness would have
had none to give. Who was to expected to give
evidence? a man, from whom who the judge having
taken from him that reward which the legislature thought
fit to give him, had no motice, if matters
were as they appeared to be, to take upon him
that trouble any such trouble upon his hands.
I shall say nothing here of 1. the adherence by the legislature itself in its
upon those
who obey'd the invitations
itself had has
given. Of how it
with the only person who can give evidence
Upon the original plan there it was a necessary
While the informere was what his name imports him to be, a the witness there was
a necessity a necessary measure to offere the reward for informing to any one
who would earn it: because for you must get your
witnesses where you can. Now that he is a mere
prosecutor the measure is not only an unnecessary comparatively speaking
but a very pernicious
one: it is a very bad succedaneum to the
institution of a partie publique, an officer whose
business
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