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In Assault &c
I A.B. make {[this complaint]} against
you C.D.
You did me did harm me me a personal injury
on the day of year 1
The Time was about
and again
The Place was
and again
Your intent was
Simplicity.
The E. Indian formularies have much the advantage
of ours in point of simplicity v. Trial of
Manducomar.
Pardons on
rejoicing-days,
Rejoicing pardons
In many countries it is customary upon
great rejoicing days such as the births or weddings of of a prince
the royal family, to empty the prisons, and grant pardons to criminals
sometimes even to the most atrocious to let loose the inhabitants among the people
It is much This is a curious
way of exercising benevolence: more benevolence
to the few, destruction to the many. It
is just as if on the like occasions it was
the custom to empty the menagerie and to
let loose a certain number of tygers among the
people. On no supposition is this custom to be justified.
If they are Are they tygers, they ought not to be let
loose: if they are not, they ought not to be chained.
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jeremy bentham |
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