JB/067/045/002

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Of Unlawful Defamation.

Practices on the score of some general qualities that are imputed to him.

4. Acts or practices which expose a man to aversion
or contempt are either, 1. Acts or Practices prohibited
by the Law: or 2. Other disreputable Acts or Practices
at large.

5. Acts or Practices prohibited by the Law are either
1. First-rate Crimes. 2. Second-rate crimes. 3. Misdemeanours.
4. Mere civil offences. See table Refer here to the catalogue of offences.
6.

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Justification

1. Defamation shall not be punishable,
Where the matter of fact is true: except in
the case of certain offences, and other disreputable practices,
consisting in the abuse of the venereal appetite: to wit,
1. Adultery. 2. Simple fornication. 3. Seduction. 4. Incest.
Incestuous Seduction. 6. Abortion. 7. Unnatural Impurities.
Unless where the party had before the Defamation
been convicted of the fact in question, is (or in) course of Law.

2. But the burthen of Proof lies upon the Defamer
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Identifier: | JB/067/045/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 67.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	9-14
Box	067	Main Headings	liberty of the press
Folio number	045	Info in main headings field	of calumniation
Image	002	Titles	reasons
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f3 / f4
Penner		Watermarks	myears
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	caroline fox
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	21878
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