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THEFT. 84

be not amiss to subjoin yet another Aphorism to
the following Effect.

APHORISM 6th.

He who takes away a Thing tho' his own
with Intent that another shall be chargeable on
Account of it shall be deemed conscious of having
no pretence of Title so to do.

The Definition of Sir Edw. Coke+ 4th. Inst. 107. is plainly that of
which the above in an Abridgement — "The felonious
and fraudulent taking away and carrying away
"by any Man or Woman of the meer personal
"Goods of another, neither from the Person, nor by
"Night in the House of the Owner."

The Specification attempted in the Term
"Woman" is nugatory, and being incomplete without
that of "Child" is mischievous.

The last negative Clause is inserted for the
sake of distinguishing this Offence from Burglary:
the first from that of Robbery which it does not do.

They both agree in representing it as
something exclusive of those two Crimes, which it
is not: Robbery is not, neither is Burglary an Offence which

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	073	Main Headings	law in general
Folio number	074	Info in main headings field	theft
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f84 / f86
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::l v g propatria [britannia motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	caroline vernon
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23914
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