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26 March 1826 Penal Code

Ch III Offences - Person & Rep
§ Challenging

5
Sufficiency of proposed
remedies proved

law

The probability therefore, seems to be, and that a
very high one, that, were this the only means
of repression employed, delinquency in this
shape would in comparison with what it is
at present, be extremely rare. But this is not
all. Every man being assured, that, in case
of sucess in return, that is to say by the
slaughter or wounding of his antagonist in return for this success
the utter ruin of his own fortune will be the
result and the correspondent enrichment
of the persons family dear to that same antagonist,
will be the result. What can reasonably
be expected to be the number of those,
who will engage in such an enterprise,
compared with the number of those who
engage in it, at present? Surely, extremely
small. But suppose a man actually to
engage in it, what is the consequence?
Will the invitation be accepted? No such
thing. The motives, by which, in the
present state of things, acceptance is
produced, will by the proposed new state
of things be entirely done away; by nonacceptance,
no humiliation, will the challengee see about to fall upon
him. Humiliation yes - humiliation will indeed fall; but the person
on whom it will fall, will be not as now, the challengee, but the challenger

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Date_1	1826-03-26	Marginal Summary Numbering	5
Box	016	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	051	Info in main headings field	penal code
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	john neal	Watermarks
Marginals	george bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	5858
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