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13.
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Of Excuses Extenuations
Exposition.
[(A) Intoxication] 1. It matters not by what means the intoxication
was produced: whether it be the particular
species of intoxication which is called drunkenness, vizs;
that which is produced by Wine and other fermented
liquors; or whether it be produced by opium or any
other less common drug.
Instruction to the Judge.
2. When intoxication is pleaded as an excuse in extenuation let the Judge
beware of imposition.
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Extenuative force of intoxication, how measured . The excuse extenuation afforded by intoxication is the more compleat, the more compleatly the man's reason appears to
have been disturbed.
— weaken'd by a habit of mischievous drunkenness. If the case be such that at the same time that a man
is habitually apt to put himself into a state of intoxication, he
Excuse V.th Compulsion.
is habitually apt to ruin be mischieveously disposed during the his continuance
of in it, the force of this extenuation may amount to
little or nothing. A mischievous drunkard is a voluntary madman .
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Extenuation V. Compulsion (by menacement.)
Compulsion (by menacement), what— It is an extenuation Excuse if the act be engaged in through Compulsion. Compulsion is constituted by the apprehension of
some mischief(A) which is or appears(B) likely(C) to ensue(D) by means
of the intentional(E) act of some other person: to wit in case
the party said to be compelled omits to do that which he is
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