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least Colour of Encouragement given to any Lawyer to deny
Subjecting his Demeanour to the Judgment of the Courts he
pleads in to contend with them Concerning it, and even to put
the whole Country upon being Suitors in great Britain, where
it Seems the truth of their allegations are called in Question, &
which they cannot with Conveniency appear to prove, And if
when such Magistrates pray the legislature here to assist in
the regulation of Such practices by punishing those th^l are the
most Notorious offenders in this Sort, And that neither Courts
nor Countrey can be trusted with Judging of the Demeanour
of one such Attorney, It must be necessarily concluded (with
all humble Submission be it Spoken) such a Constitucon can-
not deserve the Charge of its Support.
But we hope for better things, and that we shall not be
denyed the power of Discouraging a Person (who tho he may
be a Barrister at Law yet only Acts as an Attorney here and
who has been Generally troublesome to the whole Province)

L. H. J.

by such like ways and means as every Inferior Court has right
to do with any Attorney that misbehaves himself before them.
And we cannot think the thing Sufficiently discountenanced
if the person that has been so remarkable an Instance as that
law mentions shall be able to Justifye his ill Conduct in di-
spight of the Government and Country.
We shall therefore in pursuance of their Lordships recom-
mendation endeavour (as we think it our undoubted Duty) to
make Such provision by a Generall law to Support the Magis-
trates in the Administration of Justice as may be Sufficient for
that end, and shall avoid the Imputation of tacking by propos-
ing a Particular law for the like Support against the particular
offender which may not be lyable to the exception your Ex-
cellency is pleased to mention
However private Gentlemen may have been abused by the
partiall Clamours of the Papists, Yet we are well Satisfyed
whoever give themselves leave to enquire into the truth of
their allegations and grounds of their Complaints will Joyn
with us in Asserting the truth of your Excellencys Declara-
tion, and be astonish'd at their Monstrous Superstructure.

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The Laws of great Britain deny them even here the Liberties
they have hitherto enjoyed they have abused these liberties
with Impunity and yet Complain against the Justice and lenity
of your Excellencys Administration for no other cause that we
know of But opposing their advances towards the prime offices
of trust in this Province We take this to be Indulgence tho
they ingratefull term it persecution and begg leave to Joyn

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