17 June 1805

Evidence

Introd

Ch. Procedure Natural

''. Confrontation Object n to [...?]

4. Personal attendance is under every existing system of procedure, i.e. in every nation more or less in use, and no where has it been felt as a hardship, or complained of as a grievance.

5. The mass of cases in which it is in use is every where composed principally of those in which the [...?] at stake has /is/ been least considerable: viz: those which are relinquished to what is called summary procedure. + Whatever then may be the degree of hardship attached to personal attendance, in which sort /class/ of cases is it most worthily bestowed? upon cases of the lightest importance or upon cases of the gravest importance? - If it were a grievance to a man to be obliged to attend part of a morning for an affair of ,10,000 how much greater would it be to be bound to an attendance of the same length for an affair of 10?

+ Infra. Summary.