JB/071/009/001

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Of Excuses Extenuations

multitude of circumstances too various to be enumerated: for Circumstances influencing the greatness of a Danger
instance 1. Upon the circumstances of the instrument. 2.
Upon the circumstances of the persons who may by any probability
be within the reach of it: 3. Upon the degree of probability
which there is that any such persons may be within the reach of it.

3.1 Upon the circumstances of the instrument, such as its1. Circumstances of the instrument which it may possess
bulk, it's weight, it's hardness, its figure, the direction in
which, and the force with which, it is made to move; as also
upon any peculiar latent powers, (chemical for instance or physiological) which it may possess. Thus
a rafter, when let fall from the top of a house, will be
more likely to do mischief than a piece of lath; a rod
of iron than a rod of wood; a pointed rod than a blunt
one; a rod moving point-foremost than moving any other
way: a rod dropped from a three pair of stairs window
than from a one pair of stairs window; a rod hurled with
might and main than a rod which is simply dropped:
a pointed rod impregnated at the point with certain
poisons than the same kind of rod not so impregnated.

4.2. Upon the circumstances of the persons who may appear 2. Circumstances of the person who is the object
likely to be within the reach of danger. Thus a blow withthe

Identifier: | JB/071/009/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 71.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	071	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	009	Info in main headings field	of extenuations
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f5 / f6 / f7 / f8
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::[gr with crown motif] propatria [britannia motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23412
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