A Treatise on the Abuses of the Laws, Particularly in Actions by Arrest, Pointing Out Numerous Hardships and Abuses, in the Different Courts, From the Commencement of an Action to Its Conclusion

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Excerpt from A Treatise on the Abuses of the Laws, Particularly in Actions by Arrest, Pointing Out Numerous Hardships and Abuses, in the Different Courts, From the Commencement of an Action to Its Conclusion: And the Various Extortions, From the the High Sheriff to the Bailiff's Follower, Together With the System of the King's Bench Prison, and the Spunging Houses, in London, Middlesex, and Neighbouring CountiesWhen 'i wrote the preceding preface, my inte'nd ti'on was to point out the different abuses and hardships, in our courts of law, my practice as an attorney, for many years, having convinced me, that they were numerous and extensive 32> my great surprise, however, when I entered upon them, one abuse branched out into another, and the torrent came upon me with such rapidity, betraying such a system of corruption, abuse, extortion, perjury, and of every thing bad, that I found I must go through the whole, or reliu quish it altogether. I found, at least I felt.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.