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-ther a man or Some other being capable of exerting corporal energy - viz: a beast. beast — If by man, then either
the party slain himself, or some other — If
some other then either by other means which
it were endless to enumerate, or by means
of Law. If by means of Law, then of Law
either rightly employd set to work, or abased — If by means
of Law rightly employd, then in the character capacity
of Judge Witness, of Judge, of Jury (where these 2 capacities functions are separated) of ministerial
officer directing the executioner: if by means
of Law rightly abused, abusively set to work still in some one or
other of those capacities.
If the of the party himself: as by directing
him being in a journey, over a quicksand,
or an river impassable river, or by a thousand
other devices that may be imagined
Homicide when affected by abuse of Law, that is false witness
is affected by a chain of such influences of which
the false witness (or his suborner) where there is
one) is the primum mobile — of the false witness
on the Jury, of the Jury by their verdict
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on the Judge, of the Judge by his verdict warrant on the
Gaoler who delivers the victim up for execution
ministerial officer who superintends the execution,
of the ministerial officer by his command on the officer under him who performs
& on it.
HOMICIDE Division. [BR][16
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