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<p>It is impossible that could have ever been the<lb/> | <p>It is impossible that could have ever been the<lb/> | ||
Law — it never has been the Law — It never<lb/> | Law — it never has been the Law — It never<lb/> | ||
has been <add>generally</add> to be the Law notwithstanding<lb/> | has been <add>generally</add> understood to be the Law notwithstanding<lb/> | ||
the <unclear>explications</unclear> of the word — because there has <lb/> | the <unclear>explications</unclear> of the word — because there has <lb/> | ||
always been a practice as conspicuous as the<lb/> | |||
Law <del>to <unclear>render</unclear> the <unclear>certain</unclear></del> to contend with & to controal<lb/> | |||
them.</p> | |||
<p>The Civilians to make all things even have<lb/> | |||
introduced torture; and one witness added to the <lb/> | |||
mangled members of the accused <add>in their <unclear>computation</unclear></add> have made two: <lb/> | |||
It is thus the wisdom of the <del><unclear>love</unclear></del><add><gap/></add> of an atrocious<lb/> | |||
jurisprudence <unclear>correct</unclear> the errors of his<lb/> | |||
humanity –</p> | |||
<p>If you ask <unclear>him</unclear> for the wisdom<add><del><gap/></del></add> of his law<lb/> | |||
they <add>he</add> shew you this – if for the humanity of <lb/> | |||
it, he shews you that – There are more who<lb/> | |||
know how to ask for humanity in a law <lb/> | |||
than for wisdom: it was this <gap>/ that they<lb/> | |||
put most <add>apparent</add> in sight. | |||
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PROCEDURE EVIDENCE Number.
The Law that makes two witnesses necessary
to conviction, is a license to committ all imaginable
villainies in the sight of one.
It is less improbable that a man will has committ
any given crime, than that another
will swear it upon him falsely.
It is more probable that 100 murders will
be committed if men know that onea single
witness will not be heard in proof of them,
than it is that one execution of an innocent man should
take place from the trusting to a single
witness.
If we æstimate still more accurately, we
may say, that it is an improbability still
a hundred times
more improbable
N. B. The chance of for Perjury that still remains
when 2 witnesses are conclusive, & the chance
against Perjury when one is, by his testimony being
overborne by opposite evidence, are left to be taken into
the account.
A Law requiring
two begets a
false reliance
upon number.
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It is impossible that could have ever been the
Law — it never has been the Law — It never
has been generally understood to be the Law notwithstanding
the explications of the word — because there has
always been a practice as conspicuous as the
Law to render the certain to contend with & to controal
them.
The Civilians to make all things even have
introduced torture; and one witness added to the
mangled members of the accused in their computation have made two:
It is thus the wisdom of the love of an atrocious
jurisprudence correct the errors of his
humanity –
If you ask him for the wisdom of his law
they he shew you this – if for the humanity of
it, he shews you that – There are more who
know how to ask for humanity in a law
than for wisdom: it was this <gap>/ that they
put most apparent in sight.
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