10 Aug 1812

Evidence Introd

Note

Introd

Ch Written first

Gilbert

Under the head of public records come the following sorts of evidence, ranged according to the intemation[?] above given in an order corresponding to their respective attitudes in the scale of probative force.

p.6 In the first place though without any [...?] title in large letters; come those records which according to him which are "the precedents of the administration of justice" P.6. and instruments[?] of justice i.e. the abovementioned indistinguishable compounds or reservoirs of truths and lies penned /indistinguishably [...?] together by nobody knows who and kept under the direction/ subject to the orders now seldom[?] [...?] if were technically subjected to the eyes of the Judges of a Westminster Hall Court. Then comes a series of other hands in the following order

1. Statutes. p.9. 2. Copies of all rules records under seal and not under seal p.11. 3. Copies sworn and office copies. p.7. 4. Records, Recoveries &c. p.21. 5. Verdicts, Evidence. p.31. 6. Writs. p.34. 7. Acts of Parliament. p.36. 8. Public matters not of Records, Chancery proceedings. p.41. 9. Bills in chancery. p.42. 10. Answers. p.43. 11. Affidavit. p.45 12. Comparison of Hands. p.47. 13. Voluntary Affidavit. p.49. 14. Depositions. p.52. 15. Decree. Sentence in the Spiritual Court. p.60. 16. Evidence. p. 61. 17. Of the proceedings in the Spiritual Court. p.63. 18. Wills. p.64.

19. The above being the list of sort of public evidence that are records, next comes the head intituled "of the Public matters that are not records". p.67.

20. These dispatched next comes in great letters with Deeds: p.70. which says he is only private evidence between party and party