Personality and Lifestyle
Scroggs was a judge at a time when the courts were considered corrupt and unfair and his temper and treatment of defendants were an example of the endemic problems within the judiciary. He served on the bench during the same period as the infamous Judge Jeffreys who has also been criticised for similar poor treatment of defendants and witnesses. Kenyon notes that while their behaviour was "degrading and disgusting by modern standards" it was at the time very much taken for granted. He was the subject of many contemporary satires; he was reputed to live a debauched lifestyle and his manners during trials were considered 'coarse' and 'violent'.Roger North who knew him well described him as a man of great wit and fluency, but "scandalous, violent, intemperate and extreme."
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