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SCALE OF CRIMES GRADUATION

To that of four p crimes rising one above another in mischievousness for example to the commission of which which a Man may [find himself]
tempted be impelled by the same motives and opportunities he may find it his Interest to committ always the
fourth third rather than the third fourth: always the second rather than the third: and always the
first rather than either. Although If therefore although it could be shewn, that a certain given degree
of punishment (being the least possible) would be sufficient as Like as effectual to deter for every one of to prevent
from Crimes those from the greatest of those 4 crimes as any other adapted to the greater punishment that could be assigned
[that is that the pain of it is plainly viably and indisputably greater than the utmost advantage pleasure
than can in any event be reaped from the Crime] and that it would require take
the same punishment to deter from the least, that punishment must be retained
for this last crime, & other punishments might be sought out for the others, &
disposed in an ascending encreasing scale, whose steps shall corresponding respectively to the
crimes. A Man, (ignorant we will suppose as well as unprincipled desperate), wants
money. None is to be had for him by any body's consent – yet at all
rates he is resolved to have it. What is to be done? We have contrived
already that the a pain of shall wane [hang over him] which if it overtakes
him shall at all events be greater (and appear so to him as far as
we can make it) than the pleasure which he can enjoy from any
money he can expect to gain by purloining it without consent any illegal mission – Yet he will
have it venture is at all hazards – now as there are various means of
doing it some more prejudicial mischievousness to the community than others, if the same
punishment is annexed to all, he will have no choice to make: he will
[run upon] that which first comes in his way; which may happen to be the most
as well as it may the least mischievousness especially if the former should be attended with
a great difficulty of detection. Now though he is enough to run the an unequal
risque of it unless he is a madman he will always run the least of

GRADUATION [BR][3]

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	067	Main Headings	law in general
Folio number	022	Info in main headings field	graduation
Image	002	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	/ c3
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[gr with crown] [britannia with shield motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	21855
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