However, sometimes they were engaged in illegal conducts such as attending the trial and supporting the legal procedures pretending to be the relative of the related party or municipal officials, or buying old bond for debt or receivables ledger and using them to obtain money and valuables from the other party.
しかし、時には親族や町役人・村役人に成りすまして法廷に出廷して訴訟を補佐したり、古い借金証文や売掛帳面などを買い取って出訴して、相手側に内済を迫って金品を得るなどの不法な行為を行った。