case pool versus Sacheverel refer to charlton case my Cr r v most Q b d  question plate company v Farquharson Ch d butler v butler p d Lord chancellor  Parker advertisement insert in the public print that whoever shall discover  and make legal proof of the marriage in question shall have pound reward  adjudge a contempt of the court and the party procure it commit in a bill  bring touch the real and personal estate of Sacheverel decease who have issue  a daughter by his first wife marry to the plaintiff pool the question be  whether the defendant who before have be Mr sacheverel maidservant be marry to  he she admit by her answer that she have a bastard by he which be yet live but  before the second child be bear peer William she pretend she be marry to the  say Sacheverel and that they have be marry in the prison of the fleet he by  the name of Robert martial and she by the name of whether how spinster and  that the marriage be on the that of November in the spiritual court it be  adjudge to be a good marriage and that sentence affirm by the delegate but the  daughter claim title to a moiety of the real estate a trial at bar be direct  in c b where the marriage be find and afterward the plaintiff father put a  advertisement in the daily courant intimate that whereas there be a entry in  the register in the fleet prison of a marriage there the that of November in  the word and figure follow videlicet Nov Robert martial of saint Martin land  in saint Martin parish and Ann how spinster whoever shall discover and legal  prove that the say two person be then marry and before and at the time of the  marriage be real call and know by those respective name shall have a reward  for such discovery on legal proof of the same of pound over and above all  legal charge to be pay by Edward pool and it be now move that pool shall be  commit it have be former mention before the master of the roll who order it to  be move before the Lord chancellor as be a matter of great moment concern on  one side the liberty of the subject and on the other the preservation of  evidence from subornation and corruption the motion be make before Lord  chancellor it be by he adjourn to the next seal after which at another day the  Lord chancellor with great solemnity thus pronounce his opinion peer William  this tend to the suborn of witness be very dangerous and not only great  criminal but be a contempt of the court be a mean of prevent justice in a  cause now depend which be aggravate by the marriage have be pronounce good in  the court of delegate and also a verdict at the bar of the common plea in it  be favour and as the court may so in justice it ought to punish this proceed  it have be object that nothing have be do in consequence of this advertisement  no witness come in resp it do not appear but that some person will come in be  this not discourage however the person move against have do his part and if  not successful be still not the less criminal object this be not a offer to  any particular person resp it be equal criminal when the offer be to any for  to any be to every particular person this advertisement will come to all  person to rogue as well as honest man and it be a strange way of argue to say  that offer a reward to one witness be criminal but that offer it to more than  one be not so sure it be more criminal as it may corrupt more object a person  come in for such a reward be no witness for that his testimony must be reject  peer William er p resp it be so of every witness suborn or bribe lie be no  witness if you prove he bribe object this matter be now over videlicet the  sentence in the spiritual court and the trial peer William resp it be not over  for suppose on the reward offer by this advertisement a dozen affidavit shall  come in prove what it desire may be prove this will probable induce the court  to grant a new trial and may overturn all the proceed which have hitherto pass  it be a reproach to the justice of the nation and a insufferable thing to make  a public offer in print to procure evidence and be tantamount to say that such  person as will come in and swear or procure other to swear such a thing shall  have pound reward and this in a cause now depend here if pound be to be allow  the same reason will hold as to the allow of pound or pound and though the  intention of the person so advertise may be innocent and I know the man  believe it be so insomuch that if a court may be say to have inclination or  impression from thence I must own I shall be influence by my know Mr pool to  be a honest man yet the justice of the court nay the justice of the nation be  concern in so public a case I can dismiss the party though his counsel offer  to pay cost to the other side but in justice and for example sake he must  stand commit