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13 2. Ch 1.
9.

almost always attended with a portion of
ignominy and this does not always increase
with the organic pain, but principally
depends upon the condition of the offender. For
this reason there is scarcely a punishment of
this description which would be esteemed slight
if inflicted upon a Gentleman.

Want of affliction to this circumstance
great discontent against an
English act of Parliament called the Dog Act.

It was inattention to this circumstance
that was one cause of the dissatisfaction
occasioned by the . 3. called the
Dog Act. passed to restrain the stealing of
Dogs, among the punishments appointed was
that of whipping. There is nothing in the
nature of this species of property which
renders the stealing of it less more incompatible
with the character of a gentleman than
any other kind of theft. It is apt therefore
to meet with indulgences from the moral
sanction for the same reason that enticing
away a Servant is not considered as a Crime
on account of the rational qualities of the
subject of th property in these cases. - An
individual also may be innocent notwithstanding
appearances are him. a dog is
a creature susceptible of volition & even of strong social affections
the & may have followed a new master without having
his enticing been enticed.-

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	141	Main Headings	rationale of punishment
Folio number	049	Info in main headings field	section 2 examination of simple afflictive punishment
Image	003	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f8 / f5 / f9 / f6
Penner	richard smith	Watermarks	[[watermarks::dusautoy & rump 1809 [britannia and shield emblem]]]
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Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1809
Notes public		ID Number	48266
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