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1826. March 23d
Penal Code.Ch. Duelling.
§.

1.
Challenging to fight a
duel and challenging to
box, different degrees of
evil produced in the
two cases.

2.
Of challenging to fight
a duel, mischief depends
on motives.

3.
Motives. Examples.
1. Self-preservation from ignominy.
2. Hatred to intended victim.
3. Vanity.
4. Competition preventing.
5. Succession reaping.

4.
Challenging to box: motives – Examples.
1. Self preservation from ignominy.
2. Hatred to intended victim.
3. Vanity.
4. Competition preventing.

5.
Homicidal challenges
made of providing
for challengee.
1. Where challenger never
at hand.
2. Where challenger at
a distance.

6.
Mode of proceeding by
Judge after challengee's
application.

7.
Causes of the prevention
of the evil.
1. Primary cause, rude
manners of the people
in early ages.
2. Secondary cause, rude
state of legislation and
judicature.

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1.
Under present Procedure
Code, little difficulty
in ascertaining
degree of mischievousness
of challenge, as
from it's cause.

2.
Note. Simplicity, straight
forwardness and meditatoriness
of proposed
Procedure Code
as to Quarrels.

3.
Complicatedness of
Quarrels.

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1.
Challenging to fight
with deadly weapons
an act of preparation
for homicide.

2.
It differs from ordinary
act of preparation
in several respects.

3.
1. It is an act of preparation
not only for
death, but also for any
other bodily injuries.
2. Intended wrongee's
knowledge of preparation,
does not prevent consummation.
3. It is an offence affecting
the mind.
4. Suffered consent
preceded the consummation.
5. Evil resulting from
wronger's desisting from
consummation.
6. Evil resulting from
intended victim's refusing
to consent to consummation.

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1.
Cause of evil results,
the state of the
laws.

2.
1. As to substantive
branch, want of appropriate
means of repression.

3.
Satisfaction withheld
altogether.

4.
In some cases, satisfaction
might of itself
suffice for repression.

Identifier: | JB/064/070/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 64.
Date_1	1826-03-23	Marginal Summary Numbering	1-7, 1-3, 1-3, 1-4
Box	064	Main Headings	Penal Code
Folio number	070	Info in main headings field	Penal Code
Image	001	Titles
Category	Marginal summary sheet	Number of Pages	1
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Corrections	Jeremy Bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	20424
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