Lord Broughambrought in the Small Debts Bill again, with the omission of some words entitling the jailer to a fee of 1s., for administering an oath in the place of an attorney, objections having been made in the other House to this provision as an infraction of their privileges, which led to the loss of the Bill.
§ Lord Portmanthought it very fortunate that the other House had had the supervision of this clause, which would have introduced a very grave alteration in the law of the country. He objected to giving to a jailer the power of administering an affidavit. The clause had been put in between the third reading and the passing of the Bill, in a great hurry, and without being read in that House.
§ Bill read 1a.