felf; and if there was not law for his commitmenĒ,

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would difcharge him, or elfe write the commitment himself; but now it feems a matter of too much trouble; therefore before the judge's journeyman takes it in to his mafter, he fees that the business is straight forwards; and habeas-mongers have often a severe reproof when negligent:however, admitting all is right, the parties wait two or three hours, until there is a fufficient number; then the great man fits down, with the door half open (it is a mark of great rudeness to look in): but once a countryman stretched his neck out, expecting to see the Holy Bible on the table before the judge; instead of which, he only beheld the bottle and glass: and when this administer of law and justice was at leifure, and faw as many habeas's ready as he thought proper, he figned the commitments in as expeditious a manner as a king of England would twenty death warrants; and with as much unconcern as a duke of three kingdoms would fee his country on the brink of deftruction!

Humanity having before induced me to give a gentle hint to the habeas mongers, to have more pity for poor people, than to take their money, and

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tell them they will get them through the bufinefs of a habeas, and afterwards expose them at judge's chambers. I must now be impartial with respect to the judges themfelves. A judge waiting at chambers, expecting to fign twenty commitments, and have the fees of them all; and at laft, after waiting two hours, having only the profit on ten, muft certainly be a great disappointment; and as this inconvenience arifes from the deception of habeas mongers, I have indulged the courts so far, as to infert the following advertisements.

COURT OF COMMON PLEAS.

Old Shop, Whereas many perfons (who have to wit, not been there before) may imagine that because a writ iffuing out of this court shall entitle the defendant to a place in the Fleet prifon (being the prison belonging to this court), or that the expence of a habeas is only two guineas, this is to give notice, that the babeas corpus aƐt being converted to answer the purpose of emolument, a regular system is established between the court of our fovereign lord the king, the attorney or

monger

monger who applies for the habeas, the theriff's officer, and our trufty tipstaffs; and in order that no mistake may arise, to the hindrance of time of the justices of the court of our faid lord the king, as well to avoid difappointment to poor defendants, the prices to be paid for the habeas are as follows, that is to fay; for an habeas on an action iffuing out of this court, £ 4 4

For a habeas on a friendly action, to

remove from the King's Bench

5 5 0

By the Court.

COURT OF KING'S BENCH.

True Shop,

Whereas many perfons (who have

to wit. not been there before) may imagine that because a writ iffuing out of this court, fhall entitle them to a place in the King's Bench prifon (being the prifon belonging to this court) or that the price of a habeas is only two guineas, this is to give notice, that the babeas corpus act being converted to answer the purpose of emolument, a regular fyftem is established between the court of the lord the king, the attorney or monger who ap→ plies

plies for the habeas, the sheriff's officer, and our trusty tipstaffs; and in order that no mistake may arise to the hindrance of time of the judges of the court of the faid lord the king, as well to avoid disappointment to poor defendants, the prices to be paid for the habeas are as follow; that is to say, for an habeas on an action iffuing out of this

court,

For a habeas on a friendly action, to

remove from the King's Bench

£.4 40

5 5 0 By the Court.

COURT OF EXCHEQUER.

Cheap Shop, Whereas many persons (who have to wit. not been there before) may imagine that a writ of quo minus, iffuing out of this court, shall entitle them to a place in the Fleet-prifon, (being the prison belonging to this court) or that the price of a habeas is only two guineas. This is to give notice, that the habeas corpus act, being converted to anfwer the purpose of emolument, a regular fyftem is established between the barons of the court of the lord the king, the attorney or monger who applies for the habeas, the fheriff's officer, and our trusty tipstaffs; and in order that

no mistake may arise to the hindrance of time of the barons of the court of the faid lord the king, as well to avoid difappointment to poor defendants the prices to be paid for a habeas are as follow; that is to fay, (in confideration of the extraordinary expence of a quo minus)

For a habeas on a writ iffuing out of

this court,

£.313 6

For a habeas on a friendly action, to

remove from the King's Bench

414 6 By the Court.

I muft now take under confideration the case of the poor knight marfhal. He is afraid that the foregoing advertisements will spoil his trade; and as every poffible pains have been taken, to make his cage in the Borough as convenient as the stench of the place will admit of; and being a martial officer, and more used to threaten than entice, infifts upon my inferting the following advertisement

COURT OF MARSHALSEA.

Cowards Refidence,

to wit.

Whereas certain advertisements have appeared, purport

ing the prices to be paid in future on the babeas corpus act, by which many perfons may be led to

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