JB/047/007/002

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PUNISHMENT for Perjury

The General Punishment for perjury may
be at all costs Procession; and besides
that Fine and Imprisonment at discretion
up to 7 years. But if any damages
not corporal accrues to an Individual or would have accrued
in consequence of the Perjurer's being
credited, the Punishment may be in the 1st
case equal to that for Theft: in the 2d
half as much as for Theft - or at any rate, the
Punishment in the 2d case may bear
that proportion to the punishment in the 1st.

If any Corporal suffering, satisfaction may
be given by the jury in Damages, & the Lex
Talionis may take place.
Qu? whether it is to be deemed damage done
where an Informer is prevented the acquisition
a penalty given on his favour?

In In /the instance/ of the highest offences of the Perjury , where the offences
charged is of the higher kind, if the Lex Talionis
is not admitted, or where the Punishment
for the offence charged should be Death, as Treason, breach of Quarantine, the Tongue
may be first cut out, & cast into a fire.

For lesser Offences, it may be kept out of
his mouth during the procession by a sharp
iron as a pointed knitting needle pierced through
the middle

Identifier: | JB/047/007/002 "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	007	Info in main headings field	perjury punishment
Image	002	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	c7
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::gr [crown motif] [britannia with shield motif]]]
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Notes public		ID Number	14875
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