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| o j ^ wgrv ^ vj ; ffrtje ofth : ** - ,, f stfCfases Where th ^ isstie ^ na ^ y * co * to-* $ & $£ both the injury afrit recoinpence ^ £ magesy 2 jid . * Cases in ^ hich the Cou rt of Session , t > r Lorcf thrfliiiary , having decided" as ttfthe injory , refer thfe damages tip be assessed by a jury . ^ 5 rcL Cases'Where the Conrt of
Session * , or Ijford Ordfhaity , wishes * for ~ information try the verdict of a jury-- to juforni its understanding , so m to enaitfe it to pronontice a jddgtn ^ nt v « pw tfie law-. T ^ e case about to be trifeo is of the tjdescHfttictoi last racfntioned . Jflftt in tti «^ r an * ip att cases , it . ffJU Jte jesrsy to cl ^ ar away SiflicdKies . Ill tfife fiftst i > Iace , aWow itieito ob- ' servf , i ' mttre ^ particiilarly addressing my&gljf to fOtt ^ gCT tle ^ eu , who ard n a ^ f ^ bl ^ d to iserve o ^ k ftlis ju ^ -y , that , p ^ prjt > quiries hcr ^ are Jjidt lhfo hidden rfof lpp qfcfci ^ lt acfe © f crime , wh ^ Ve th ^ «; if # HH % aftjfJ '/ 5 ^ tnrtjirtay often be in-? solved m mt ^ cac j faiid-difflculty , and 3 d ia ^ u ^ t ^ ii ^ esti ^ ony , by the very ri ^ atA ^^ p | slcts * But ^ ivc ? shai ! have t 3 ^ ¥ ^ 1 i <> ia 4 ipf meti in the ordinary cri A ^ m- -pfw ^ . 4 ^ ^ fercaarses of the world f * th such * transaetidn « , when r 2 ^ fitt 4 ted , iutp hi < 6 peh Court , seeing > ^ P ^ i ^ qra ^^^ tlgB witiie $ s ^ s , as I have •• " ¦ ^ PF ^ ft ^ tWi : ^ xariiiiiati < 5 ris to be d ^ dtllc ^ ja . ^ iyitli a * H the fences against , the aAttittinxr falsehood , and all the Jte
* s . ^ e ^ uiritt # J Jbfaimnfg iruth , Which k a weH-rtoulatfcd \ xvf of evidfettce af-Ib ^ j With fr tribunal jttdgtng ^ frond tjeir Wax jpst and honest Impressions , . uacontatnirta ^ ed by intcfrcftiu&e or ex :-; ^ r § Qeiius itn ^ tessions . and only infltr-^ c ^ . by jyfeg ttetail ^ d ? explained , aKrd ; ?| yUy ^ Uy ^ d opinion of the presid-^¦^^ daWBSf *? ^^ $ "dike removed ao > ftw | 4 V mlu ^ iinpjrefesioiis j there fs nd . Tim | ¥ « riJi ^ M ^^ happ ' eti ' bti ^ ah easjr WfteW tlteire do ^ occur pfeVafWatiort ; u ( l ^ # ^^^ V& * ^ fjipi ony , that world-
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of wore retired meiii . will never mil W gnW ^ y 6 ^ x wkiJfc 4 beofl * ust j | f ^| t irt ^ its flower * ancorttoig Uttte i ^ tq ^ e of the case ^ ta relieve a | p ^ i ^ H' ^^ ti ^ by directing a apecial tfei * &oHt *> r ^ vf ^ n a verdict specially , ii * iding 7 tba < ^ idernce as gtvew , aadt i ^ ucwie ^ jttr 4 <> the Directing TFribuna ^ % > tijivt » r ^ t court from which the issue cxitaes ^ Wfll
aiways attain , what i ^ wa ^ t $ t # tbe b ^ st possible information of the faot oa whiehto ground iUjudguiea ^ vu f . The case for trial will 3 oo 4 * v £ 4 $$ grd a * practical instayice of whaft J ^ here state ; aud 1 trust by its eventifjjffill shew , though , fron » the greatv ^ aieH it be
ber of witnesses ^ : aatHBt lWffo $ | afc in less than twelve hour * we s ^^ fifccomplish , to sa ^ sfaetton > t Jbafr ^ yv ^ fch tvould mot have hem attame < bf ii |^ be o ^ in ar y coturse , lot tw « li « j , i »^^ HT- » that ^ re shall ^ by our labour , o ^ ji ^ ve Hours , pot sm eud | o allditiga ^ Hm ) while the other . course wo * iid * ^ jtihe
end of twelve mo » fchs » only & * & a commencement to litigation ,, wi ^ i & power , to a litigious spirit to cqni ^ jpiaa it for years to come , -n ... . ¦¦ --.-- , tf . ^ - If this experiment i&suec « 8 sf | i } r aod I augur sanguinely . of it * a ^ bc ^^ b , a »
in all experinrient » , failure ma ^^ f expected at firsts tiiere will be Mfe ^ pcd for this country tint * g ^ eiU . ^ j ^ j ^ of justice , vizi certainty , ; i »^ f # i ^ fc |^ a » dispatch ^ and cheapness ; ^ o ^ , ^ rith fbis I might couclude , but X ^ C )» Qnot refrain front observing before i fdo »
my address to yoa ^^ lliat-1 awgi ^^ uc ^ cess to the experimeat mo ^ j ^ cufi ar ^ ly , and with most certain hoper . when 1 consider that the casual tcifclft ^ u , as I have deTKMninated the , Jtyeyf ia to be derived from the body a £ the |> eo > pie of Scotland , distinguished fojr ^ ocd education , fora mosfecorrect na ^ raU
tyf for a love of justice , for extended information , < and for a pure > rel * $ pou * persuasion . v ^^ k I trust and hope with unfeigned anxiety , that I may be ablft . in nif person to bring to I he pid of th » moat in * poi taut experiuwauJ ^ th ^ qua ^ Mties i ^ qMisite te-its ^ mv . But
when I reflect tliat tboug ^^ Jinve , during all rtiy pitafesskw ^ U ^^ been ftceuiitonMHi to court * thus ^ f ^» tevriug * ja » tice , tbat 1 bajftt wv ^^ jt ^ t dwrinsed it—4 hat , fr ^ ot ^ being * ^ lCll ?] P § h the ac ^ tof ^ hew ^ i i ^ Mr ^ wful mUMNSoI ^ I ani ' « ow i » yself t | o j ^ p tbc subject of x > bserip « tio » ao 4 ^ fggmpl ^ > ^ M ^ ll » itr *^> fulii 4 rfTO » iet > iiid « ap ^
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1816, page 149, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2450/page/21/
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