JB/079/091/003

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As to the difficulty first mentioned I know of no other
method means of getting over it, than for the Legislature
to have recourse to the operation of assessment, and fix
how much a head shall be deemed as much as can
be wanted for the consumption of the family so that
all above shall be deemed sent in to be retailed
for profit. Whether the difficulties attending this exp operation
may not be such as may render it preferable
to abandon the regulation altogether, is a question I shall
content myself with proposing. Thus much However may be observed
that the actual want of Publican's making the actual retailing & that without a license a
necessary condition to the conviction of the Brewer, will dipense with
a great deal of that nicety that must otherwise be observed.
Were it necessary indeed to infer the Publican's delinquency
for the purpose of the conviction of the Brewer
to infer the supposed Publican's delinquency from the sole fact
of his ordering in more Beer of the commodity in
question than the quantity to be allowed him as above [at the
rate of so much a head for as many persons as his
family consisted of] great niceties would be necessary to
be observed, and many troublesome and minute regulations
made, respecting occasional increases his family
might receive from guests; as well as possible contingencies
not regular too tedious to particularize
a man might have to order in Liquors and intended
But improbable to be apprehensive of
But that as by the means above proposed the
Brewer would have an easy method of knowing whether

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	079	Main Headings
Folio number	091	Info in main headings field	digest publican's law observations
Image	003	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	b37 e37 / e38 / / e40
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::gr [crown motif] [lion with crown motif]]]
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Notes public		ID Number	25533
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