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PERJURY. Intensity of Government.

For who is there that does not see had perceived, that there are a
thousand transactions of his within that period, even concerning
money matters, such as behave in some sort
to engage the attention, concerning the particulars of which
he could with a safe conscience give no other Answer?
We see therefore that an Answer so qualified, must
often be received: & we see that it is capable of being
as compleatly falsified as can be requisite. It remains therefore
that it received as a proper compleat foundation for a charge
of Perjury: otherwise not only the general doctrine obligation of Evidence
but many special Law would stand naked of a sanction.
I have now one before me† † 11 G. 3. 55. § 4 in which an Elector is required
to swear, amongst other things, that he is "21 years of age,
as he believes": and goes on to appoint a punishment
for swearing false: This clause of Punishment then would be nugatory
if Ld Coke's doctrine were to be received.

It was highly proper The propriety of wording the Oath in
this manner is manifest: it can only be a matter of belief
to a man what age he is of precisely: and he may be plainly
convicted of not believing that he is twenty one: for example

Identifier: | JB/047/002/003 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 47.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	047	Main Headings	evidence
Folio number	002	Info in main headings field	perjury intensity of averment
Image	003	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	3
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	/ f3 / f4
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
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Notes public		ID Number	14870
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