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-nation And Whereas
so long as none but offences of
the same mischief
are comprehended
under the same punishment

of guilt is kept sufficiently discriminated from the
path of innocence And whereas Justice concurrs with
Mercy in requiring that delinquency should be defined
rather by previous warning than by ex-post
facto
ad condemnation
Be it enacted that at
the instance of the said Governor the Court of King's
Bench may from time to make rules and orders,
declaratory of such acts on the part of the prisoners
as in consideration of the local circumstances
of the said Panopticon Penitentiary House or
of any other place in which under the authority of the said Governor the said Prisoners
or any of them may come occasionally to be
employ'd shall be deemed Escapes, or Attempts
or Preparations towards escape: in which said


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or of any other
place in which
the said Prisoners
or any of
them may occasionally
be emplo

come occasionally
to be employ'd
shall

shall thereupon in which said rules and orders, shall to
the end that no one may offend through ignorance, shall
be contained a specification of the manner in which
the same shall be promulgated: [+]2 [+]2 of which acts
an example is
contained in the
paper marked [G ]
that in one way
offends through ignorance
: and if due promulgation
shall accordingly have been made, and from
the nature of the case although in that express
evidence
it shall appear to the Jury that a
prisoner committing any such act was must have been apprised
that it the same would be deemed an an escape, or attempt or preparation
towards escape he or she shall be convicted deemed guilty
of such escape attempt or preparation as the case is although
no other nor express nor other proof could ever be
produced
of the intention to escape shall have been
produced.

17
— or to punish
escapes

Art 17 So in case of an with regard to any
acts which to the said Court may appear indicative
of an intention on the part of any person at
large to promote an escape on the part of the prisoners
or of any prisoner.

Art. 18.



Identifier: | JB/124/120/002
"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 124.

Date_1

Marginal Summary Numbering

16-17

Box

124

Main Headings

panopticon

Folio number

120

Info in main headings field

Image

002

Titles

Category

text sheet

Number of Pages

2

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

d17 / d18

Penner

jeremy bentham

Watermarks

Marginals

jeremy bentham

Paper Producer

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

ID Number

41809

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