JB/071/009/003

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C
Of Excuses Extenuations

is obliged to have it cut off, or fractures his skull and Case 3 Where the damage is partially
thereby loses his life. In each such case he you shall be punished
for so much of the damage as he intended; and for
the rest he you shall be bound to make compensation.
And if besides there be any heedlessness, he may be
punished besides according to the degree of heedlessness.

Main Text

The presumption is that the damage which eventually The presumption is that as much was intended as ensued
ensues is the damage that was intended; and if less was intended
than ensued, it lies upon the author to make this appear.

Excuse Extenuation II. Ignorance of the Law.

Main Text

It is an excuse extenuation if the party were not appraised (A) of the existence
of the Law (B) or rule of unwritten (C) Law, by which the act
in question, as accomplished with the circumstances in question
stands prohibited. In such cases the excuse extenuation is the
more compleat the less blameable the party is for not
having obtained such information.

Exposition

[(A) Appraised] It is possible that this may happen by reason
of Infancy or weakness of understanding: or by reason of

Identifier: | JB/071/009/003 "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	003	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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