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G.B. 1826. March 19.
Penal CodeCh. 1. Offences affectg. Person.
§. 7. Mental Vexation
1.
Mental vexation –
what.
2.
Pain or uneasiness
susceptible of degrees
infinite in
number.
3.
Subspecies –
I. Terrification
1. Private
2. Semi-public.
4.
Examples
1. Personation of Ghosts &c.
2. Terrific prophecies.
5.
Mental vexation –
subspecies.
1. Terrification.
2. Vexation to modesty.
3. Do. respecting religion.
4. Do. to friendship.
6.
Limitation necessary
to wrongfulness of mental
vexation.
7.
Limitation by application
of justifications.
8.
Additional demand
for limitation, as in
the case of menacement.
9.
Responsibility confined
to two cases.
10.
1. Evil intended, and
the final cause of
the act.
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11.
Case 2. Evil intention
and mendacity an
instrument.
12.
Example.
Encouragement to
vexatious and frivolous
litigation.
13.
Extent of the evil
produced by these
two sub-species.
14.
These two sub-species
are species of hoax
1. hoax terrific.
2. hoax alluring.
15.
If evil produced, bringing
the wrong into a
different class of offences,
treatment of the
offence considered
under that head.
16.
If productive of expense,
it will be
treated as a wrongful
imposition.
17.
I. Exceptions expectation
raising: sub-species
two –
1. Mendacious intimation
to wrongee
of evil impending,
if he does not do
so and so.
2. Mendacious intimation
of good attainable
if he does do
so and so.
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18.
Examples –
I. Terrification.
19.
II. Afflictive information.
20.
3. Offences against
modesty, what.
21.
This offence, when
semi-public.
22.
Exposure of indecent
pictures, public bathing, &c.
23.
Query, whether any
general words of description
in appendix.
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