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Punishment may be defined, to be
An Evil resulting to an individual, from the
direct intention of another, on account of some
act that appears to have been done, or omitted -
The propriety of this definition will appear & its use
be manifested by taking it to pieces and
examining its several constituent parts.

Punishment then is an evil, that is a
physical evil, either a pain, or a loss of pleasure
or else if of that situation or condition of the party
affected which is the immediate cause of such
pain or loss of pleasure. — It is an evil resulting
from the direct intention of another. — It is not
punishment if it be obliquely intentional on the
part of the persons from whose agency it results,
but an evil of some other nature, but which however is not
in all cases distinguished by a specific name. —

It is an evil resulting to a person from the direct
intention of another, on account of some act
that has been done, or omitted. — An evil
resulting to an individual although it be from
the direct intention of another if it be not on
account of some act that has been done or
omitted is not a punishment - If out of
wantoness, for the sake of sport or out of ill will
resulting from an antipathy you entertain against
a man's person without having any particular
act of his to ground it upon you do him a
mischief; the evil produced in this case is what




Identifier: | JB/141/001/001
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Date_1

Marginal Summary Numbering

Box

141

Main Headings

rationale of punishment

Folio number

001

Info in main headings field

Image

001

Titles

Category

copy/fair copy sheet

Number of Pages

4

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

f3 / / f4 /

Penner

richard smith

Watermarks

reat 1809

Marginals

Paper Producer

felix bodin

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

1809

Notes public

ID Number

48218

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