20 Jan y 1808

Scotch Reform

Letter V.

Ch 5 Malâ fide Appeal

how prevented

In speaking of the encouragement given to wrong in the last stage of jurisdiction - that of Appeal to the informal[?] judicatory, so far from being beside the purposes[?] the encouragement given to it and the profit official and professional, reaped from it is so far from being beside the purpose, that it is to the prospect of the [...?] profit to be made by the such at the last stage, viz by the delay that will be given to it in that stage, that the defendant is determined /malâ fide litigant comments[?] that[?]/ to do his part towards the giving birth to it at the first stage, and carrying it through the intermediate ones. Three years delay with the three years communal profit upon another man's money which he has in his hand say 14 per cent raised in expectation perhaps by particular circumstances or by the [...?] of adventure to 20 per cent after ,1000 three times ,200 equal to ,600 will if [...?] afford us inconsiderable payment for the expence of defending a cause without [...?] in the [...?] and intermediate judicatories.