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1823. Septr. 4

Constitutional Code. § 1. Exposition Observation

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Perjury being rendered
necessary unavoidable you commit it more for a purpose
which to give some
prejudicial to the greatest
member; never but for
a purpose which seems
beneficial.

Rules to Juryman concerning Oath and Verdicts

Rule 1 Since the violation of your official oath has at all
times been rendered by your rulers a matter of necessity, when
you violate it violate it for a purpose which in your eyes
is beneficial, to mean for any purpose in which
in your eyes it is prejudicial to the community.

2. Rule the 2. In the case of every suit on the occasion
of which the offence is of the number of those which use transgressions
of the laws made for the support of the power of government,cause thelet your
verdict to be let though in your eyes the sense of the law be ever
so plain and that the commission of the punishable act was so use certain clear let
your verdict be a verdict of acquittal. Example of these
cases offences are as follows

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Book 2. If in your eye
by reason of the universal
sacrifice of many, happiness
to fears, the form
of the government appears
to you to require change
never say Guilty when
the offence is such that
by the punishment of
it the present form could
be continued.

3. The interest of the is opposite to that of the
people: his interest it is to extract from the people as much money
as he can for the gratification of his own personal appetites.
The interest of those who are in possession or expecting of being
derived received from his hands is the same. Your interest is the reverse,
it is that no such money should ever be taken frpm
you. If thefor a certain length of time in the case of prosecution for non-payment your verdicts
were conferr on every occasion Not Guilty the money would cease
to be then extracted from you

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Examples
1. Offence tending to
stop supplies to the

2. Offences tending to
substitute disobedience
to disobedience

Now how many of you Simple not to take under the
name of a Custom Cause Oath an Oath which you know to be false
and which in the act of taking it you violatebreak, what samples how can you
can you have have any samples as to the taking violation of their oaths
by a violation of which in sufficient numbers you may compel
the government to cease to employ in the production
of lying? In the case of the Custom house it is your his
own individual benefit alone that he seeks to prevent: in the case
of the Oath broken by acquittal, it is the benefit of the whole community
that you will be prevented prevent.

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Those of you who
sample not to late
for them are profit a
custom them. Oath they are not
compelled to take, will
what consistency can they
scruple [+] to take a
Juryman's Oath which
they have been compelled
to take and to late? [+] For the greatest h of a greatest number

Identifier: | JB/034/152/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 34.
Date_1	1823-09-04	Marginal Summary Numbering	81-84
Box	034	Main Headings	constitutional code
Folio number	152	Info in main headings field	constitutional code
Image	001	Titles	[[titles::[…?] to jurymen concerning oaths and verdicts]]
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c8 / c6 / d25 / e6
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	j whatman turkey mill 1822
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	admiral pavel chichagov
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1822
Notes public		ID Number	10426
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