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SCANDAL. Printed Vitious Will Blackstone [BK][ ]

crime so, on the other hand an unwarrantable act
without a vitious evill is no crime at all. So
that to constitute crime against human Laws
there must be, first, a vitious evill; and secondly
an unlawful act consequent upon such vitious
evill — In vain then is the benefit of a Trial
by a Jury pretended permitted to be allowed to the supposed
offender, whom the only circumstance
upon which his guilt [in fact] depends is not
left to them to decide upon — If facts circumstances / matters, about
which there is seldom any difficulty or dispute
as the fact of publication, and the application to the persons supposed to be
objects of that
censure which
the work contains are alone permitted to effect consideration;
while the question of the situation, the most litigated
of all, the main hinge upon which the mare turns, is
not only not left diverted from the proper Tribunal to the Juadded textry to decide upon, but
at once decided without argument or examination
against the Deft by what is called a presumption
the Law?

I hope I have done them justice
I am sure I meant to
do so as I have neither interest
nor inclination to do otherwise.
And at least I am certain of myself
that I must not cannot expect that
may should will believe me.

Such or like arguments them have been the arguments
that have been and still are incessantly conveyed
in different shapes against some late opinions with a confidence
that I make no doubt has been founded upon
a very sincere conviction of their truth in ways that have
used them and apparently with no inconsiderable
success —

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The consequences are evident and undeniable
Employed is the Bookseller is in the course of their Trade, in distributing disposing
of a an infinite variety of composition the contents of wh
are for the most part unknown to them, it is
seldom that any intention accompanies that distribution
further than the general and at least
innocent one of making that profit which is
the object of their his Trade — but supposing it gra
in any particular instancethe instance of any particular publication that they have a particular any
intention relative to the subject matter of
and a real wish not only to receive the many a
from the profit sale but thatindependently of that the contents of it
may be dispersed and become known — who ch
say that situation is a bad one - in fact it lies
written his own breast ho' he who is qualified
with certainty to pronounce upon it — ask
him - he never has any other intention, than
to open the eyes of the public concerning the
mismanagement of it's servants, to give than
that intelligence which it is so important for
them to conceive be apprised of - and even if it should
prove erroneous it was not his fault, he gave
it for true & he thought if such

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	070	Main Headings	of laws in general
Folio number	194	Info in main headings field	scandal printed - vitious will - blackstone
Image	002	Titles	libels
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	3
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Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[fleur de lys]]]
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