7 May 1805

Evidence

Introd.

Ch.12. Procedure Natural

''.6. Modifications necessary

In the circle of a private family, living under the same roof under the eyes of a common father or master, the most intricate disputes involve little complication: the imbecillity of infancy once outgrown the weakest member is not unable to advocate his own cause: to advance /bring to view/ what is necessary to prove his claim just if it be just, or to defend himself against loss, trouble or punishment if undue Among the disputes /opposite pretensions/ which arise between family and family /one houshold and another/ some will every now and then arise /start [...?]/ in which the pretensions of the contending parties, how sincere soever on one or both sides, will on one or both sides be too intricate to be placed in their proper light without extraneous assistance. If assistance for this purpose, and that adequate to the purpose be obtainable without remuneration of the domestic or other connections of the litigate afford him /supply him with/ a patron an unpaid patron /advocate/ able and willing /who to the instruction adds the power/ and able of placing the claim in its proper light, it is well /so much the better/: but if not, the /either the requisite/ labor and skill must be paid for, or injustice must take the place of justice. To acquire a skill of this sort adequate to the indiscriminate[?] exigencies of all persons by whom the effectual demand for it may come to be presented, will under the most simple and perfect system of procedure imaginable require previous mental preparation will require the previous employment of as inconsiderable a portion of human /a man's/ state[?].

Nature[?] /appendage/ /additional/ to be added to domestic procedure to fit it for political purposes. Professional assistance /service/ rendered by a class of labourers who for appropriate /suitable/ wages are content to render it to whosoever presents an effectual demand for it.