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Of Punishments in General.

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For all crimes and misdemeanours, if there be no punishment particularly appointed, the offender may 1. Be fined; and 2. Bound to his good behaviour.Fine and Cautionation to come in default of other Punishment.

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Also where special punishments one or more are particularly appointed, the above two punishments may either or both of them be added, or if the terms of the law appointing those punishments will warrant it, substituted to the rest. Also where not excluded, in addition.

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Whatever is delivered concerning any kind of punishment,
if the import of the Law be doubtful let the construction lean in favour of the offender. In weighing penal Laws let mercy turn the scale.Penal Laws to be construed mercifully.

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Where a determinate quantity of any given kind of punishment is appointed, the Judge, if he is not restricted by express words, is at liberty to inflict a less quantity of the same kind of punishment, but never to inflict more.(a)In point of quantity the Judge may sometimes mitigate, never enhance the appointed Punishment.

(a) Note
The Sardinian Code authorizes the Judge to increase the punishment indefinitely as well in quantity as in quality; it does not

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	1-16
Box	143	Main Headings	punishment
Folio number	024	Info in main headings field	of punishments in general
Image	003	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f1 / f2 / f3 / f4
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::myears [lion with crown motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	caroline fox
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	48657
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