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Law and Equity Evidence They had very early laid it down to themselves
as a maxim that + + wherever there was any thing to be got or to be kept saved by the concealing of a truth, to be obliged to disclose it was a hardship not to be endured [it was a hardship no man too great
to be borne by any man
ought to be obliged to subvert t to, to be obliged
to reveal a touch [the consequences of which mybe to the prejudice of his own interest
be] which it be a gainer by concealing.]
If a man was in possession of a sum of money
which he had gained acquired by fraud, they thought
it a less evil to sanctify the fraud, and leave
him in possession, than to put any questions
to him the answer to which might afford
ground for giving it to the right owner so foolish & so never took possession if an : in
taking it from the fraudulent usurper they
saw hardship: in keeping it from the innocent
and the injured they saw none. Questions
which if a man were honest he would be
eager to answer, they could not bear to put
to him, because in the event of his being dishonest,
they might [put a period to his
dishonesty] disappoint the purposes of his dishonesty.
[A plan simple to absurd for any man ever
to have thought of pursuing in the management
of his own family was thought necessary to the
good management of the great family of the state.] Then is now if then but Every man would have seen what a this must give to injustice if in the government - if his own family none of them but thought it necessary to ensure justice in the management of the great family of the State . Prepare to any one &c he would have seen the folly of it .



Identifier: | JB/100/008/002
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 100.

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Marginal Summary Numbering

Box

100

Main Headings

influence of time and place

Folio number

008

Info in main headings field

place and time

Image

002

Titles

Category

text sheet

Number of Pages

4

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

Penner

jeremy bentham

Watermarks

[[watermarks::gr [crown motif] [britannia with shield motif]]]

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Paper Producer

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

ID Number

32024

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