text:  And though he was obliged to admit (what indeed from the very look of the book he could not well dispute) that no such rule had ever been known or acted upon--and on the contrary that Jack until this last occasion had always admitted the Squire's ushers without objection whatsoever; yet he contended vehemently that now that his conscience was awakened on the subject the past must be laid out of view; and that the old memorandum-book as part and parcel of the indenture itself must receive effect; and farther that whether he Jack was right or wrong in this matter the Justices had no right to interfere with them