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14 MINUTES OF EVIDENCE BEFORE SELECT COMMITTEE

clerk?—No, I apprehend not, except so far as the fees of the different officers
would be diminished; and they would of course expect that some compensation
should be made to them for that.

Are there two deputies to the master?—Yes.

They have no fixed salary?—They are paid by the fees arising to the master.

Would the master be able to dispense with the services of one of them if the
business was very much diminished in the court of King's Bench?—I think not ;
obliged to sit in the bail court, and the other when they sit in banco, it requires
two constantly ; and there must be one at chambers.

Supposing all causes under 10 l. were withdrawn from the court of King's Bench,
would be the emoluments of the chief clerk and the master be much diminshed?—
Very considerably.

In what stage or stages of the proceedings do the fees arise which form the emoluments
of the chief clerk?—A fee is paid to the chief clerk on signing of writs, and
his emoluments arise principally from the entries of proceedings, which are paid
when the parties obtain judgement, or the parties are at issue.

Does the amount of those fees depend at all upon the sum sought to be recovered
?—Not in the least.

What is the fee upon signing a writ?—Two shillings and sixpence ; out of which
there are some payments which he makes to the judges.

What proportion of that is paid to the judges?—Two pence on each writ to each
judge of the court of King's Bench.

Is there any other deduction?—Not out of the writ.

When is the next fee taken?—The next fee to the chief clerk is taken on signing
the judgement,or entering an issue.

Then the fees amount to more when the case is brought to trial than when judgement
goes by default?—No ; the fee for the chief clerk is the same, except there
are special pleadings ; and the longer the pleadings, of course the greater the fee
to the chief clerk, because he receives so much upon the length of the pleadings.

Have you known many instances of cases under 10 l. being brought to trial?—
There are certainly a great number of instances ; not so many, I shuould say, as of
judgement by default, and execution by inquiries.

You say that the deputies to the master are paid by the master?—Yes, by salary.

Identifier: | JB/004/041/002"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 4.
Date_1	1825-05-04	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	004	Main Headings	lord brougham displayed
Folio number	041	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles	county courts bill / minutes of evidence / taken before the select committee on the / bill / for preventing delays and expenses in the proceedings of county courts, and for the more easy and speedy recovery of small debts, in england and wales
Category	printed material	Number of Pages	36
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	(6-35)
Penner		Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	1962
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