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Letter to Editor
June 1, 1786
Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
A correspondent from Portsmouth questions whether inferior courts serve as sinecures for judges, clerks, and lawyers, criticizes high costs and procedural delays that drain litigants' resources, and advocates for their abolition to benefit the oppressed state.
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PORTSMOUTH. June 1.
A correspondent wishes to be informed whether the institution of our Inferior Courts are intended as Sinecures for Judges, Clerks and Lawyers, or whether judgments and verdicts, from which there are constant appeals, can be of any advantage to the people? Whether extravagant bills of costs for fees, entries and attendance are justifiable upon any principle? And whether defaulting, appealing, pleading of demurrers and abatements, continuing, referring and receiving what little money the contending parties have, are not the principal transactions of these Courts? If so, in the name of justice, and for the benefit of an already too heavily oppressed State, 'let them be abolished,' and all the people will heartily say AMEN.
A correspondent wishes to be informed whether the institution of our Inferior Courts are intended as Sinecures for Judges, Clerks and Lawyers, or whether judgments and verdicts, from which there are constant appeals, can be of any advantage to the people? Whether extravagant bills of costs for fees, entries and attendance are justifiable upon any principle? And whether defaulting, appealing, pleading of demurrers and abatements, continuing, referring and receiving what little money the contending parties have, are not the principal transactions of these Courts? If so, in the name of justice, and for the benefit of an already too heavily oppressed State, 'let them be abolished,' and all the people will heartily say AMEN.
What sub-type of article is it?
Persuasive
Provocative
Ethical Moral
What themes does it cover?
Crime Punishment
Politics
Economic Policy
What keywords are associated?
Inferior Courts
Sinecures
Legal Costs
Court Procedures
Justice Reform
Court Abolition
What entities or persons were involved?
A Correspondent
Letter to Editor Details
Author
A Correspondent
Main Argument
the inferior courts primarily function as sinecures and money-draining mechanisms for officials through high fees and procedural delays, providing no real benefit to the people, and should be abolished for the sake of justice and to relieve the oppressed state.
Notable Details
Rhetorical Questions Challenging Court Utility And Costs
Call To Abolish Courts With Biblical Allusion To 'Amen'