JB/098/029/004

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C 33

Of Co-offenders

2. Because if it happend in any it might happen in certain cases that it one
offender whose own delinquency was comparatively slight &
venial might from the delinquency of an accomplice
find himself involved in so heavy a punishment
as might engross as it were the wholl whole
of his sensibility: In such case by which means
he might in a fit of despair plunge into other
kinds of guilt from which he would otherwise have
abstained. In such cases a man sometimes reasons
with himself thus. Either I shall be apprehended,
or I shall not. So long as I am not apprehended,
the punishment that is denouncd against
me, be it what it will, is nothing to me: but
sooner than be apprehended and suffer that punishment
I will die. When a man is in this state
of mind the law has little hold upon him.

Quest. V

Why when what the guilt that belongs
to different co-offenders is not clearly distinguishable,
that any aggravation which is found clearly
to belong to one is extended by presumption to them
all.

Reasons

1. First offenders, from the supposition of a want of positive proof
should encourage themselves with a the prospect of impunity.

Identifier: | JB/098/029/004 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 98.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	098	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	029	Info in main headings field	of co-offenders
Image	004	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f31 / f32 / f33 / f34
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[monogram] propatria [britannia with shield emblem]]]
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	31637
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