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<head>Of favouring Desertion</head> | |||
<note>Penalty for not apprehending Deserters.</note> | |||
<p><del>If Any</del> <add>Every</add> one <add>who</add> knowing a man to be a deserter, and<lb/> | |||
<add>having no excuse, (a)</add> <sic>omitts</sic> doing his utmost <del>to</del> <add>towards the</add> apprehending him and bringing<lb/> | |||
him to justice, may be made to forfeit the value<lb/> | |||
of the deserter's service.</p> | |||
<p>[(a) Excuses] Excuses are the same as in Art ....</p> | |||
<head>Aggravation</head> | |||
<p>It is matter of aggravation if <del>the state is at</del> <add>it be a time of <del>war</del></add><lb/> | |||
war.<lb/> | |||
In such case the punishment for <del><gap/> such offence</del> <add>each <del>offence</del> of the preceding</add><lb/> | |||
<add>offences</add> shall be double.</p> | |||
<head>Observations</head> | |||
<p>It may <add>sometimes</add> be a matter of <del>some</del> difficulty to determine<lb/> | |||
whether the state in question be at war or<lb/> | |||
no with any other state. When war has been proclaimed<lb/> | |||
there can be no doubt. But sometimes<lb/> | |||
for various prudential reasons a state forbears or delays<lb/> | |||
proclaiming war with another state with which<lb/> | |||
<add>however</add> it is actually at hostilities. But a state <del>of</del> the<lb/> | |||
dominions of which are extensive or dispersed may<lb/> | |||
very well be at hostilities with another, and yet<lb/> | |||
the bulk of the people know nothing of the matter.<lb/> | |||
Besides, the eve of a war before the preparations for<lb/> | |||
it are <sic>compleat</sic> is a conjuncture at which a desertion<lb/> | |||
among the troops would be more sensibly felt, than<lb/> | |||
after the war has begun. The obvious solution of this <add>difficulty</add></p> | |||
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2 C
Of favouring Desertion
Penalty for not apprehending Deserters.
If Any Every one who knowing a man to be a deserter, and
having no excuse, (a) omitts doing his utmost to towards the apprehending him and bringing
him to justice, may be made to forfeit the value
of the deserter's service.
[(a) Excuses] Excuses are the same as in Art ....
Aggravation
It is matter of aggravation if the state is at it be a time of war
war.
In such case the punishment for such offence each offence of the preceding
offences shall be double.
Observations
It may sometimes be a matter of some difficulty to determine
whether the state in question be at war or
no with any other state. When war has been proclaimed
there can be no doubt. But sometimes
for various prudential reasons a state forbears or delays
proclaiming war with another state with which
however it is actually at hostilities. But a state of the
dominions of which are extensive or dispersed may
very well be at hostilities with another, and yet
the bulk of the people know nothing of the matter.
Besides, the eve of a war before the preparations for
it are compleat is a conjuncture at which a desertion
among the troops would be more sensibly felt, than
after the war has begun. The obvious solution of this difficulty
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