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<head>THEFT.</head><head> | <head>THEFT.</head><head>70</head><p><add>B</add>but carrying it to <hi rend='underline'>A</hi>— This we see would come<lb/> within the <hi rend='underline'>Letter</hi> of such an Expression: And<lb/> tho' it is probable that a Jury would hold themselves<lb/> entitled to refuse giving such a Decision, even if<lb/>this were the Clause adopted, as should subject a<lb/> Man under such Circumstances to Punishment<lb/> as for Theft,<lb/></p> | ||
<p>yet that <hi rend='underline'>Letter</hi> it will be admitted is certainly<lb/> to be preferred, from which,in Pursuit of the <hi rend='underline'>Spirit,</hi><lb/> there is least likelihood to be a Necessity of disparity.<lb/> Whether in such a Case a Jury will depart or<lb/> no,<add>must</add> depends <add>always</add> upon the greater or less scrupulousness <lb/> of their Tempers: if they will not, a Man plainly<lb/> innocent is found guilty; if they <del>will</del> do, their<lb/> Decision will stand as an Evidence of the Imperfection<lb/> of a Law, thereby shewn to be of such a Nature as<lb/> that it was not fit to be punctually observed.<lb/></p> <p>When once it is admitted that Violence may<lb/> be done on any Side or to any Degree to the plain<lb/> Import of a Phrase, little by little Opportunities<lb/> are taken of violating it of the opposite side or to <add>a</add><lb/></p> | |||
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THEFT.70
Bbut carrying it to A— This we see would come
within the Letter of such an Expression: And
tho' it is probable that a Jury would hold themselves
entitled to refuse giving such a Decision, even if
this were the Clause adopted, as should subject a
Man under such Circumstances to Punishment
as for Theft,
yet that Letter it will be admitted is certainly
to be preferred, from which,in Pursuit of the Spirit,
there is least likelihood to be a Necessity of disparity.
Whether in such a Case a Jury will depart or
no,must depends always upon the greater or less scrupulousness
of their Tempers: if they will not, a Man plainly
innocent is found guilty; if they will do, their
Decision will stand as an Evidence of the Imperfection
of a Law, thereby shewn to be of such a Nature as
that it was not fit to be punctually observed.
When once it is admitted that Violence may
be done on any Side or to any Degree to the plain
Import of a Phrase, little by little Opportunities
are taken of violating it of the opposite side or to a
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law in general |
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070 |
theft |
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copy/fair copy sheet |
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recto |
f68 / f70 |
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[[watermarks::l v g propatria [britannia motif]]] |
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caroline vernon |
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