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Analogy.
be transferred by an some instrument made in to the resemblance
of that implement: and in this plight be
may be exhibited in the procession. The punishment
need not be so painful to sense as at
first mention of it one would imagine. The pen
might be made to take in two; and so contrived
that though the part which in reality pierced the hand
were no thicker than a pin, it would appear
as if the whole thickness of it the pen were forced
through.
When the offence consists in uttering a forged not in fabricating a false instrument
but in uttering it, the offending member is then commonly
the tongue. In this case the tonge of the delinquent
may be transfixed in like manner
with by a slender pen with a knob at each end
to prevent the him from drawing his tongue it
back into his mouth.
Identifier: | JB/159/122/003 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 159.
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159 |
punishment |
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122 |
analogy |
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003 |
forgery / false pretences / rape |
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text sheet |
4 |
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recto |
f1 / f2 / f3 / f4 |
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jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::l v g propatria [britannia motif]]] |
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caroline vernon |
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53945 |
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