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8 C

Diss. Of Offences against Reputation in general

18 Reasons 1. The man likely to gain credence over with friends 2. By exacting promises of secresy, explanation, and thence may be their flourished indifferent persons, and perhaps may gain credit with the
friends of the person he defames: especially, if by exacting
promises of secresy, he prevents their coming to an explanation
with him. 19 N.B. When the imputation is true exaction of secresy may by the effect of timidity or prudence where false it a corrupt motive Such precautions, though, when the
imputation is true, they may very well arise from have been produced by timidity
or prudence or other innocent motives, causes yet when
it is false they afford a strong presumption that the disposition
they originate from is corrupt.

— more mischievous the more distant the Party. 20 Defamation is more mischievous The distance which the party defamed is at from the
place where the defamation is delivered may add more or
less to the mischievousness of its effects: to wit, in as far as that
distance adds to the difficulty he is under of making his
defence. 21 Reasons — It renders defence the more difficult.

22 Defamation — When consigned to Writing, more mischievous on some Accounts. Defamation is and why the mischief if it is by writing increased Defamation, when consigned to writing or other
permanent exhibitions, is in some circumstances and on some
Accounts more mischievous than when delivered conveyed only by
word of mouth or other evanescent signs: in other circumstances
and on other accounts, it is less mischievous. In the first place

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Identifier: | JB/072/034/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 72.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	13-22
Box	072	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	034	Info in main headings field	of unlawful reproach -
Image	002	Titles	note
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f7 / f8
Penner		Watermarks	myears
Marginals		Paper Producer	caroline fox
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23651
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