1 June 1805

Evidence

Introd.

Ch. False Ends Judges

' 3. Corruption - cause

''.5. Channels through which the matter of corruption

between service and reward is formed in the manner in question, every particle of reward /whatever portion of the matter of the reward/ which the judge can hope to possess himself if by operations directed to that end, operates upon his mind, every particle of it in the way of corruption /a sinister direction/: or by a change not the less but the more effectual by being latent /quiet/ and imperceptible, the matter of reward

A point /distinction/carefully to be observed is - that it is in the mode of connection only, of the connection between the service and the reward, not in the quantum /magnitude/ of the reward, that this /so disastrous a/ change depends: and that of any increase, when the connection is formed in the conscious and proper mode, is not to operate /act/ as a forment, but on the contrary as a check.

If by adding to the number of operations performable /performed/, and thence of fees receivable from the aggregate number of suits in a year, that aggregate remains the same, it be in the power of the Judge to increase his annual emolument, from ,200 a year to ,400, the prospect of each /the/ additional ,200 a year operates /acts/ upon his mind in the character /form and direction/ of a bribe. Whereas if, instead of being thus capable of being by his own sinister exertions doubled, it be /were/ quadrupled to him in the shape of salary, no sinister influence takes place.