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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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