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It points out to their successors the true method of
giving the public the benefit of their discernment
without transgressing the limits of their authority.

As to the account of the other determination instanced under this
head, I find it not to itknow not very well what to make of it: and still less of our Author's account of it. And
"to come nearer our own times", continues our Author, says he,
"by the Statute 14 Geo: 2. c.6. stealing
sheep, or other Cattle, was made felony without

benefit of Clergy. But these general words, "or

"other cattle", being looked upon as much too loose to
"create a capital offence; the act was held to extend
"to nothing but mere Sheep. And therefore
"it was found necessary to make another Statute,
"15 Geo: 2. c.34 extending the former to Bulls,
"Cows, Oxen, Steers, Bullocks, Heifers, Calves,
"and Lambs, by name".

If the words in question were strict precise enough to
explain convey their meaning in this instance, and
their meaning was to make the offence a capital
offence

Now s to this, i the first place, no such prin doctrine
could properly have been holden as "that the Act was
extended to nothing but mere sheep". The Law It was a doctrine, the point in debate could
not properly have called for: such a doctrine
unless a the man was prosecuted for stealing all sorts
of animals at once. It could only have been As to which any one could think of giving the name of Cattle. A man

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	028	Main Headings	comment on the commentaries
Folio number	105	Info in main headings field	construction
Image	004	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f5 / b6 / f7 / b8
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[gr with crown motif] propatria [britannia motif]]]
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