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PUNISHMENT It's measure 2 profit

That if there were 40,000 of these Thrinsus in the Royal Treasury the Heir to the Crown had nothing to do
but to kill make away with the old King, lay his very so lay down his
30,000 thrinsus, and he would have 10,000 left
and the Kingdom into the bargain. Note This as every one sees, is equally applicable to all the other denominations ranks of men: but ... What is particular to particularly curious in this case, is, that the same person who was to pay, would was also he that should receive, either as Heir or as King. These Laws far from being restraints on Murder were incitations: [since on terms which it was the interest of the Criminal to accept, & in prospect of them to become such, they secured to him protection.

Hence also we may perceive an imperfection
in the present practise in civil Suits, which by the
inadequacy of taxed Costs allowed to those actually incurred:
are sure to leave a Deft worse than they
found him, tho' with the clearest title: whereby so it
is, that if there be two men in the Kingdom, whereof
one has money to throw away, and the other
just enough to live on, and they two quarrel, &

PUNISH.T MEASURE Limits [2][ ] downwards. Inferiority to Profit.

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PUNISHMENT It's measure. 3 profit

the first has a strong appetite for vengeance,
he has an the law gives him infallible receipt for gratifying it
he may gratify it if he pleases to in the ruin of the
second —

Now this as every one knows is what happens not
uncommonly — The remedy would be by giving the Jury power of assessing damages on the Plft as well as the Def.t subject or not subject to the mitigation of the Judge — This is nothing more than the old power of amercing pro falso clamore the exercise of which when it was vested in other hands and employed for the profit of those who exercised it, was very happily but very strangely suffer'd to grow into disuse. The circuitous remedy by action on the case for vexatious Suit is defective in front of applicability in many cases — Gross indeed and enormous must be very the oppression gross be to be reached by it, and special & extrinsic aevidence must be given. is required

PUNISH.T MEASURE. Lim [3[ ] it downw-s Inferior.y to Profit

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Box	096	Main Headings	punishment
Folio number	181	Info in main headings field	punisht measure limit downwards inferiority to profit
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