Question

why couldn't john hallock contradict or refused jenkins? give two reasons.(from "a shaddy plot"class X)

Answer 1

John Hallock was often in need of money — sometimes to pay his rents,sometimes to buy groceries and often to pay for his wife's extravagant, fancy shopoing.
Moreover, Jenkin was the only publisher who published his works.
So he could not say 'no' to Jenkins