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Indirect
Corpus delicti
Deeds written
Let the time and place of the execution be
minutely specified: the time by the hour as well as day & year : the place
by the county parish and even house: the house
to be characterized by the name of the occupier
for the time being. This circumstantiability would be
a powerful check upon antidote against forgery. A man would
be afraid of venturing upon have no chance of carrying through succeeding in an attempt of that sort
without knowing where and with precisely how the party
or parties were circumstanced in point of with regard to place &
company at one the the a time which would answer pitched
upon for the fei supposed date of the document
intended to be forged: he would not know what alibi evidence
thereby there might be of against an alibi; or
if he hazarded the attempt, that evidence might render expose
him it abortive.
This degree of minuteness in to the point of
with regard to time is
required by all the registry acts (2&3 A. c.4. §8, 6 A. c.35 §.11, and7 A. c.20 §7 6
, and 8 G.2. c.6. §.19 ) with regard in
order to ensure the entering of the memorials in the order
in which they are brought to the office. The utility
of the provision seems much more conspicuous in
the other case than in this.
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