JB/004/044/002

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20 MINUTES OF EVIDENCE BEFORE SELECT COMMITTEE

William Earl,
Esq,
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22 February,
1825,

judgment, his costs amount to about 10l. and the defendants' costs to 9l.; therefore
the defendant losing the verdicts pays 10l. to the plaintiff, and somewhere about 9l.
for his own expenses.

Then, if a cheaper court was established, having concurrent jurisdiction with the
Marshalsea court up to 10 l. it would very much diminish the business of the Marshalsea
court? — In my opinion it would

What is the sum which you gave the purchase of a right of pleading in that
court? — I gave 2,000 l,; two men in the court have since given more.

Is the business pretty equally divided between the counsel, in that court? — The
business is of two description, the defended causes, and the writs of inquiry, where
there is no defence; in the defended causes all the four counsel are usually employed,
in the undefended ones only two

Then, in the undefended causes, is the business pretty equally divided among the
four, or are there two that would be considered the leading counsel, that get more
business than the others? — In the undefended causes the business is equally divided
among the junior counsel, and unequally among the senior.

Identifier: | JB/004/044/002"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	044	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	1965
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