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1827 June 9
Penal Code.

If the only life sacrificed or exposed to harm or sacrificed
were his own the act make the need and work of it would
be neither nothing worse than suicide; and without detriment to
any body for by the evidence of the best judge it is determined
not to be productive of any net amount of evil to
himself it the practice might be left to take its own course.

But by reason of an unfortunate turn twist taken by the
Public Opinion Tribunal under the dominion of early, if not primævil
barbarism by the turn taken in that early and immature age, and
though the vis inertia of mind continued down to the present time
by this combined act of follow combined with atrocity cruelty a
man is permitted to seek the of neither any man
of any other, of other on any , and make his for
his own benefit or his own caprice (which is the benefit corresponding
to the pleasure of the moment inform his by
the fear and danger and fear of mortal common called
capital punishment.

Note ( )
† ☞ Draw a between a challenging and an oath. The
challenge a piece was the challenger: the
pretends to exercise a power which he does not exercise over the Almighty.


Identifier: | JB/016/068/001
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 16.

Date_1

1827-06-09

Marginal Summary Numbering

5-6

Box

016

Main Headings

penal code

Folio number

068

Info in main headings field

penal code

Image

001

Titles

note ( )

Category

text sheet

Number of Pages

1

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

d2 / e2

Penner

jeremy bentham

Watermarks

Marginals

george bentham

Paper Producer

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

ID Number

5875

Box Contents

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