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~ BAscoNs MEMORIAL. No. 3, is before u.s.
filed with pithy suggestions of and arguments i0f
thorough Reforms in our Judicial institutes ana he-
gal processes We copy the following specimen
from the pen of lawyer remember


Local Falsehoods. or. as they are mildly termed
IeoaI Fictions. abound in almost every 'eeai OF
even eouable proceeding for elicitnS truth anu es
,ablishing Justice. -;


In an action of Trover for instance, the plainilh IN
the statement of his claim, or father MS G"ytf o'
him must tell two deliberate untruhs, IN order to
cain The ear of our truih.lovng tribunals He must
aver tba, he casually lost the article he seeks 10 re-
cover the value and that Ii came TO the possession
of the defendant by finding. The defendant, how
ever, is permitted by the forms OF pleading TO tell
the truth-,hat he is not guilty of the meanness OF
refusing TO give up piece Of property which he
found Then comes the trial Of the issue joined
Twelve men are solemny sworn TO try the issue and
true virdict give; which literallyis, THAT they
will speak q true word" The plaintiff proves no
such thing he alleged but state OF facts OF an Ell
tire different character, and that the defendant S
plea is no; only substantially bat literally true but
the jury are directed by the Court TO find the PLAIN
tih's falsehoods TO be truths and the defendant 8
truth to be iasehood and the party who has nad
the temerity plead the truth III Court oi Jusuce'
must pay damages and COSTS .r


So too in an action upon note. Inc p!aintlh
AYERS the making of half dozen promises never
made: the defendant pleads truly that he did not
promise in manner and form as the plaintiff has com
blamed And then come the true word speakers
and under solemn oath 10 speak true word as TO
the issue find in the other case, that talsehood Is
truth and truth falsehood.


There used to be, before the last revision OF the
statutes string OF legal fctions as nonsensical In
the action of ejectment. To recover the possession
of piece of land a must not only aver several
falsehoods but use fictitious names for plaintiff ana
defendant The declaration alleged The existence OF


lease an entry under it, and forcible disposses-
sion. And before man was permitted to show a
right TO the possession he enjoyed, he was required
to enter into an agreement in writing to admit the
truth of all these falsehoods These tctions have
been abolished, and more truthful mode adopted
for pleading in actions Of ejecrhent And yet con-
rary to the predictions of some wise ones II has been
found that the right the possession of land can be
tried without the array of numerous legal hctions IN
the commencement OF the proceedings.


1.-THE question be asked why legal fctions are
clung 10 with 50 much eracity. can only answer
that any common man can tell the truth ii he tries
while it requires the existence of profession and craft
to tell legal iictions in the approved mode