JB/067/051/001

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Of Unlawful Defamation.

more or less public.

3. He may be fined. 4. Fine. This at option: & at discretion.

5. If the offence be trivial, the Offender may be discharged
from all punishment and the burthen of costs on both sides may
be distributed at the discretion of the Judge.

Exposition – Explanations.

[(A) Enormity] The Offence is more or less enormous,
1. According to the Intensity, Duration and Extent of the
aversion or contempt to which the party defamed is
likely to stand exposed in consequence of the Defamation.
2. When the Defamation was private and communicated
to any one person or persons in particular
according as it were more or less material to the
party defamed to stand well in the esteem and good-will
of such person or persons. 3. According as
the party had more or less opportunity given him of
defending himself.

Aggravation I. Special damage

1. Where the offence is committed in the view of
occasioning

Identifier: | JB/067/051/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 67.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	1continued, 2, 1-5
Box	067	Main Headings	liberty of the press
Folio number	051	Info in main headings field	of defamation
Image	001	Titles	exposition - explanations
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f15 / f16
Penner		Watermarks	myears
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	caroline fox
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	21884
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