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THEFT 42

commonSense & not of Law to say, if this was a
carrying away & not a taking, what a taking was; and
that such an one if asked in any of these Cases,
Is the Man carrying Did the Thief carry the Goods away? would either
be apt to say, no; take them he did, but he was
seized before he could carry them away.

On the negative side I find neither
Decision nor Opinion.

I have drawn the Line of Consummation
at this stage of the guilty Process, because 'twas at
this that I thought it would be most conspicuous
and least liable to Controversy. If not, let there be
supposed some Period posterior to and distinct from the
"taking" and let it be called the "carrying away" #

Now carrying away must be from some place
to some other: but to settle the by explanatory Aphorisms
the Limits between these two Places in every Case that
might occur would lead into endless Difficulties and
Disenssions; and to leave it to the Jury in every
Case without any such Direction would induce great
Fluctuation of in & Uncertainty in the Decisions when

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	073	Main Headings	law in general
Folio number	063	Info in main headings field	theft
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f42
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::propatria [britannia motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23903
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