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whether that would show it, except where they hold to bail, because, upon the back of the bailable process, the sum sworn to is endorsed. How long have you held the office?—Twenty-four years. Will you be good enough to give to the Committee a return of the amount of fees which you have received in each year for the last ten years?—I will furnish that to the Committee. Supposing the effect of the County Courts Bill was to diminish your office considerable, would the amount of your disbursements remain the same?—They would be nearly the same; I do not think I can carry the establishment of the office lower than it stands at this moment, because the common business requires no great labour; than it stands at this moment, because the common business requires no great labour; it is for the difficult part of the business of the court, that the establishment must be kept up, and the profits I get upon the trifling business, remunerate me for the more difficult business; but the essential part of the business of the court would remain, and I must keep up an establishment equal to the transaction of any business that may be in the court. How many persons do you keep in your establishment?—At this moment I have eight clerks, and I have occasionally a stationer to pay for, but I never charged one single farthing for extra expense. I have paid as much as two hundred pounds per year for the dispatch of business, but I never charged a suitor for that.
[The Witness was directed to make a return of the amount of fees of his office and how they arise.
Jonathan Hewlet, Esquire, called in; and Examined. WHAT office do you hold?—One of the secondaries of the Common Pleas; there are three secondaries. Is that an office for life?—It is an office for life under a grant made to me.
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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 |
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