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11.
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Of Punishments In General
cancelled by a day's Imprisonment: insomuch that the
offender may at any time buy off any part of the Imprisonment
as for as he has wherewithal.
27.
Case in which Fine may be Converted to Imprisonment.
Although a pecuniary punishment only should
be appointed by the Law there is one case in which the
Judge may convert it, or a part of it into Imprisonment:
to wit where there appears reason to believe that
the Defendant is supported by a person or set of
persons who were associates in, or at least are approvers
of, the Offence; which person or persons will discharge
or contribute to discharge the fine.
For it may happen that there shall be good
ground for suspecting such a confederacy, although these
should not be proof sufficient to convict any person
as a confederate: for instance in all party offences.
28.
Offender never to profit by his offence
At all events let it be the case of the Judge that an offender
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