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1829. Sept. 26.
Most Abridged Petition. G.B.
Purity
Supposed

1. p.1.
English Judges generally
spoken of as free from
corruption. — But denial
& sale of justice with
profit to the Judge — if not
if not corruption is
still worse.

Corruption
wholesale

2. p.1.
Corruption applies to
individual cases only.
In England it has
place wholesale.

Cause of
Retail Secrecy

3. p.1.
When corruption spoken
of secrecy in procedure
supposed thence
from a few individual
cases the suspicion
that it has place always.

French
Wholesale none

4. p.1.
In France no wholesale
corruption.

England
both.

5. p.1.
In England corruption
wholesale & retail.

Corruption
which immaterial

6. p.2.
When injustice wilfully
committed no matter
to the injured by whose
act it is produced whether
by Judge or a subordinate:
only to the public.

Anglicé
Restrict
Corruptive Governmt

7. p.2.
In England corruption
by direct bribe taking but
little indeed but bribe
taking indirect, by lucrative
bargains for
instance to connections.

Corruptors
Sympathetic
and Antipathetic

8. p.2.
Besides pecuniary
profit sympathy and
antipathy sufficient
motives for the production
of the effect.

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English
Corruption unpunishable

9. p.3.
English Judge was
without the smallest
danger of punishment
or disrepute commit
injustice in favour
of the ruling few.

Reasons 1. Approbation
from his habitual associates
2. General
partiality in favour
of that side.

Chief B.R.
Convicts Libeller

10. p.3.
Chief Judge of King's
Bench in a libel
case with do his
utmost to convict
the libeller.

English Judges
all Dependent

11. p.3.
As to non-corruptibility
from independence.
All English Judges dependent.

Impunity-Securing
Rules.

12. p.4.
Two Judge made rules
sufficient to banish fear
from the mind of
English Judges.

1. Accuser's punishment
without allowing proof
of the truth of the imputation.
2. Proof from his own
mouth prevented.

Affidavit guilt-denial
ineffective

13. p.4.
Security by affidavit
of falsity of imputation
equal to 0.

Action
admitt proof

14. p.4.
By Procedure by action
if the imputation proved
true the defendant
acquitted.

Information
proves
Guilt

15. p.4.
Accordingly if the imputation
true the he
who proceeds against
it proceeds by indictment
on information —
if not true, by action.

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Lyndhurst

16. p.5.
By Lord Lyndhurst's procedure
information
against the Morning
Journal the imputation
cast on him will
stick to him as the
leprosy to the skin
of.

French Judge
less exposed
to corruption

17. p.5.
French Judges notwithstanding
their
throne-borne corruptibility
less exposed to
temptation than English
Judges.

1. p.2.
Corruption from
motives of self-regarding
interest produced
by desire of
money at the hands
of Government & by sympathy
or antipathy towards
individuals.
To retail corruption
from these sources all
Judges exposed.

2. p.2.
In this respect England
much upon the same
footing as other countries.

18.
Same estate differently
disposed of law and Equity:
Equity clearest,
if rich is able, rich
less rich unable to
pay the Equity price
the richest claimer
has it.

Identifier: | JB/081/084/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 81.
Date_1	1829-09-26	Marginal Summary Numbering	1-17, 1, 18
Box	081	Main Headings	petition for justice
Folio number	084	Info in main headings field	most abridged petition gb
Image	001	Titles
Category	marginal summary sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	john flowerdew colls	Watermarks	b&m 1828
Marginals		Paper Producer	arthur moore; richard doane
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year	1828
Notes public		ID Number	25871
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