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Indirect
But will not murderers the criminal take care to obliterate a mark
so mortal to their safety? certainly if it is
in his pwwer, and if he has his wits about him.
But the deed may be done at a distance: alarm
may intervene; and murderers seldom act do not always operate at leisure.
Offences against chastity(a)(a) 1. Rape: 2. Forcible seduction:
3. Simple lascivious injuries.
At present what [At present what resource has
a woman against an unknown ravisher, or of
that whom, to keep clear of pleasantry, I will
suppose to be provided with whatever force or assistance
sufficient to perpetrate his unlawful purpose. may be requisite.]
Against this crimes of this description the expedient
we are considering would possess a peculiar
efficacy. Other violences may be perpetrated at
arms length: but violences of this kind suppose
the offender to be in a condition circumstance situation which must
render it impossible for him to take the precaution
requisite for keep concealing the mark that
betrays him into the hands of justice.
Identifier: | JB/062/180/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 62.
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