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THEFT.70

Bbut carrying it to A— This we see would come
within the Letter of such an Expression: And
tho' it is probable that a Jury would hold themselves
entitled to refuse giving such a Decision, even if
this were the Clause adopted, as should subject a
Man under such Circumstances to Punishment
as for Theft,

yet that Letter it will be admitted is certainly
to be preferred, from which,in Pursuit of the Spirit,
there is least likelihood to be a Necessity of disparity.
Whether in such a Case a Jury will depart or
no,must depends always upon the greater or less scrupulousness
of their Tempers: if they will not, a Man plainly
innocent is found guilty; if they will do, their
Decision will stand as an Evidence of the Imperfection
of a Law, thereby shewn to be of such a Nature as
that it was not fit to be punctually observed.

When once it is admitted that Violence may
be done on any Side or to any Degree to the plain
Import of a Phrase, little by little Opportunities
are taken of violating it of the opposite side or to a

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	073	Main Headings	law in general
Folio number	070	Info in main headings field	theft
Image	002	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f68 / f70
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::l v g propatria [britannia motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	caroline vernon
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23910
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