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Of Theft or Stealing.
prevent his being known:as if he wraps himself up or
disguises himself for the purpose.
Consciousness of Inability to make amends. 3. If at the time he takes the thing he knows himself
to be unable to make conpensation for the loss: and this although
he should fully make known what it is he has
taken, and who he is.
Consciousness of not being called to account. 4. If he takes it trusting to the party's not being able
to call him to account. As if a man takes it before your
face, believing you to be at the point of death, or too poor to
prosecute him, or under an indispensible engagement to depart
to a distant country in such circumstances that he cannot
stay, or return to prosecute.
Of the four circumstances above enumerated the effect of the first,
is to prevent the Judge from obtaining the knowledge he must possess,
in order to do Justice upon the Offender: of the three last to prevent
his having the power. Now if in any case the Judge can be prevented from
See Ch. Of Offenses against Justice.doing Justice, it can only be (as we shall see more particularly hereafter)
by depriving him of one or other of these qualifications, the knowledge;
the inclination or the power. But the inclination in a case like this is out of
the question. It appears therefore that these can be no other signs of a man's intending
Identifier: | JB/072/102/004 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 72.
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of theft or stealing |
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