JB/051/012/001

Click Here To Edit

EVIDENCE Oaths — Form of administering.

Equal to the Nothing can exceed equal the anxiety expressed for the
exacting the observance of this formulary, but
profound neglect the negligence of those circumstances on which
it's efficacy depends

Considering that efficacy in as far as it rests
upon the purely spiritual sanction, one
might to assert, that it is in exact proportion
with the degree of solemnity with
which the ceremony is performed.

Scotland is not at such a distance, nor the intercourse with that country so rare, but that those to whom it belongs might take benefit instruction from the examples which it furnishes on this subject hand. The impression upon the imagination in the affair of the imagination will be
proportiond to the force that acts upon it

---page break---

That the influence of an oath is depends almost
solely entirely at present owing to the two temporal Sanctions.
That it might receive great strength from the
spiritual if properly applied —
That the efficacy of the custom of cross-examining
in open court is worth all
the rest put together.

That the influence of the sacerdotal character
could in no instance be more securely nor
worthily employd than on this occasion

That the inaptness of the ceremonial
as at present administerd consists in two 3
particulars 1.st The feebleness insipidity of the words
themselves 2d. of the elocution of those who
utter them. N.B. the evidence himself 3. the confirming the pronounciation
of it to the officer, the witness being but a
bare auditor, & giving nothing but a vague
and general assent by signs.

The 2d particular has two causes — 1st
The low rank education, sentiments &c of
the officer. 2. the precipitance with which
the ceremony, as being a mere ceremony,
is thought proper to be dispatched.

These 2 of the causes alone is sufficient
to take away hinder any impression from being
made; & both together contribute to the
casting of the voice into uncertain tone,
calculated that so much to excite awe as
ridicule, & which under such circumstances
it is scarce possible to avoid. The Minister administering ought to have some imposing dress.

EVIDENCE.

Identifier: | JB/051/012/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 51.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	051	Main Headings	evidence; procedure code
Folio number	012	Info in main headings field	evidence oaths - form of administering
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[gr with crown motif] [lion with vryheyt motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	16177
Box Contents