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1821 Feb. 10
Mora's Imprisonment

( ) [the Judge was forced to state to Mora the grounds of the
accusation] Very good Good indeed. Forced by what? By the terms of the
law. Quite as it should be this: so far, so good. The aim
of the laws had for their object and their effect the imposing of
the obligation in question upon the Judge: the Judge on his
part did his part and fulfilled the obligation so imposed upon
him by the law.

( ) [But there is a distinction to be made] quoth the party accused:
If this was all the answer given, it applied not to the
question, it was tantamount to silence, it was neither Guilty nor
not Guilty, it was tantamount to silence and thereby to confession
unless some other cause for silence can be shown for silence.
But the charge what did that amount to? taking for the replacing
of an interest much where upon the mark of a House
to replace in an apartment of his house a that
had been used to compose constitute part of the furniture, what crime
can there be in that? In this its same charge Nothing can I perceive in that upon the
face of it wears the character of an offence. No offence
can there have been What in penal terms was to have
been be stated as having been charged upon the defendant
as a breach – not of the any pre-existing law, but upon of
the recently exacted law in question. But of this law
neither in power nor in purport is any designation given
to be found here.

Identifier: | JB/013/156/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 13.
Date_1	1821-02-10	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	013	Main Headings
Folio number	156	Info in main headings field	mora's imprisonment
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d6 / e6
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
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Notes public		ID Number	4605
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