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C 9

Of Simple Mercantile Defraudment

1 From p. 15 2. Because a punishment so severe as that
of corporal ignominy if applied to such a person
of this description might besides being needless
be unprofitable. is In the first place, by the it's apparent severity
of it might shock the sentiments of the
people. This however is to be understood only
of persons of like condition: for as to the lower
classes it would probably be satisfactory to them
on account of its seeming impartiality. In It
the second place, it might put too much in the power of the Judge:
to whom the an offender of such consequence might on some private
or party account have become particularly personally
obnoxious. or 3. what is more likely to happen,
the Judge, if there were no medium between so
severe a punishment and absolute impunity,
might be disposed through compassion or favour or timidity to acquit
him the offender altogether. In such an event, the superfluous
part of the punishment would destroy the efficacy of the whole. To p. 11 No 2.

Question II

2 From p. 12. Why persons in responsible persons circumstances are not
exempted from the ignominious part of the punishment
by the positive letter of the law? Reasons.

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Identifier: | JB/071/155/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 71.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	1-2, 1-2
Box	071	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	155	Info in main headings field	of simple mercantile defraudment
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f9 / f10 / f11 / f12
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::s. lay [britannia with shield motif]]]
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	alexander mavrokordatos
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23558
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