To the public: Whereas many persons, labouring under the most grievous oppressions, from their defenceless situation are constrained to silence, and a quiet submission to all the atrocious robberies which are daily committed by the infamous appendages to the law ... apply to Mr. Thomas Bristowe, Cavendish-Bridge, LeicestershireBristowe, Thomas[1778]engA broadside printing of an 18th century scam, exploiting the helplessness of English debtors before the law. And especially the perennial animus towards the legal profession--"the chicanery of petty-fogging (would-be) attornies, the shameful plunder and extortion of bailiffs and sheriff-brokers"--these and more epithets shouted at the reader in an assortment of bold and italic typeTitle from first line of text.Date based on trial date of one of Bristowe's victims. Cf. Jackson, W. New and complete Newgate calendar, London, 1794-1795, v. V, p. 299-302.Not in ESTC.