American watchman and Delaware advertiser., 1827-02-02
COMMENT ON THE LAWS OF ENGLAND

Extracted from The writings Of Mr. JoLa Wesey
"In the beginning of July, ,76l, was desired 10
call poor prisoner in the castle Of York, (Eng-
land. III had formerly occasion to take nnlite ol
bidsous monster, called Chancery bill now
saw the fellow 10 il called a Declaration The
plain fac, was this Some time since, man who
lived near YARN, Sssist-d others in running some
brandy his share was worth nearly tout pounds.
After he had wholly left off that work. and wss fol
lowing his own business, tina, Of weever. he was
arrested and sent to York gaol And not long
al er came down Declarations that Jack had Ian
ded vessel ladened with brandy and Geneva,
whereby he was indebed to his Sovereign Lord the
King, in The sum of 576l. and upwards And TO
tell this Worthy story the lawyer takes up | 3 OF IA
sheets OF the triple sbampi paper.
30 England. Will this reproach never be rolled
away from thee Is there any thing like this to be
found, either among Turks o, heathens In the
name oil Justice, mercy. and common sense, ask,
1st.--Why do men lie for lying sake Is It only
10 keep their hands in? What need else OF saying
i, was the por, of London When every knew
the Brandy was slandeo 500 miles from thence.
| "Whst a monstrous contempt oil truth does this
show, or rather hatred to it 2d.-Where is the
Justice OF swelling Al, into 576l.e Sd.-Where is
the common sense Of taking up IA sheets Of paper
10 tell story, that may be told in ten nes9 4th.-
Where is the mercy OF thus grinding the lace Of
the poor beggared prisoner? Would not this
be execrabe vlllany. if the paper and writing to
gether, were only Cd sheet, when they had stript
him already OF his little all, and had not left him IA
groats ln the worlds
cit is certain that nothing can be said in de
fence of our law proceedings. They are often alb
surd highly oppressive TO the subject, and disgrace
| full to civilized nation In criminal cases, how
often does the indictment magnify and exsggsrstr
both the crime and every circumstance connected
with it, beyond all the bounds OF truth and proba
bilty? Hence it becomes extremely difficult fol-
the Jurymen to discharge their duty with good
conscience. And we seldom punishnents duly
We say in other cases where the tauology and cir
cumlocution peculiar to the language Of our law
the delay of Judgment in the courts. and the ter
giversation permitted through the whole proceed
ings render it impossible for honest man il
middling life to obtain his right against villain
without the utmost danger OF being ruined! A
man who robs ON the highway ia hung-but vii
lain who robs by means Of the chicanery, delay ant
expsnse Of the law, escapes with impunty, and i
applauded."
The March Of Intellect An irriia,ed school
master not being able 10 make clowniSh schois
remember the word Mule exclaimed while riding
out one day, Now, you BOBBY don't you know
what's between horse and ass 2 Why yes sir
to be sure do-ev'ry fool knows that how somever
Then why don't you tell me?-say directly wha
it is between the horse and the ass or III punisl
you,'' Why the saddle, to be sure. sir y knowe
t.hn Ill IL,