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C 5 Of Extenuations — Reasons

that he will do the same sort of mischief, or
any sort of mischief, when he is sober: nor from
his having been drunk once does it follow absolutely
that he will be drunk again. To
get drunk in any case is a folly and with regard to him <add>a man's self
: to get drunk
when once he knows by experience that it makes
him liable to do mischief to others is misbehaviour
with regard to others: as such it
may be very proper that it should be punished:
but it does not follow that he should be punished
with the same degree of severity as if the damage
had been premeditated and intentional.
The proceedings of men were in a state of intoxication
are sometimes altogether unaccountable:
altogether inconsistent with the usual tenor of
their sentiments and conduct. They seem often to arise from
such a correspondence between a particular momentary
affection of the thinking substance and the
condition of the external objects that are in a way
to make an impression upon it, as in all probability
would never happen again. a second time.

4. Beacause whatever pravity of disposition
might have been indicated by the circumstances of a
man's having committed the act in question when sober,

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	071	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	015	Info in main headings field	of extenuations - reasons
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f5 / f6 / f7 / f8
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::s. lay [britannia with shield emblem]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	alexander mavrokordatos
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23418
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