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Priteous nicitus! strictness! was there ever
such an abuse of words? Strictness? inwhat? in the execution
of the law? of the law that part of which is committed to the Judgejudicial
process to execute. no:-but in the application of the shameless pretencesystem of pretends set up for breaking it.
"Ear over-easy"! 'Strictness' (viz. such as above)
grown to be a blemish! as if there ever were a movementlend him a time
in which it was not a crime - nor act of contempt
against the legislation that onea crime had it has legislation
with its desrertspower been , would have drawn the author or authorsactor or actors
with ignamny infamy from the bench.
Grown indeed to be a blemish - ? -Grown indeed? So then in itself
the practice, take that of eatingthe practice is rightand necessary: and take eating becomes
wrong only by accident, as when a man becomes falls
glutton over eats himself, and makes himself sick:
A man who, whither in office or not in office, is attracted to
the Courtjudicatory living and acting under the authority and
under the very eyes of the Judges - a man thus situated (for as to intimacy of connection such was the case at that time and as to subjection such as the case still)
connected with these the Judges inserts into the instrument
of accusation some word which though [+] it transgresses
rule (for as rules in the subject leav would they they ever
public or so much as frame) is by a discussion [+] it makes no difference whatsoever to the party accused, nor transgresses any
purely arbitrary pronounced to be wrong: and out of this
pretended error manufactured by eve of themselves, a practice they make
is made by these for breakingbut which show mescerable in practice:) running counter to the
declared will of the legislation, and giving impunity to a
malefactor when they bind enjoined by law theto punish
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