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' | <head>PUNISHMENT for Perjury</head> | ||
<p>The General Punishment for perjury may<lb/> | |||
be at all costs <hi rend="underline">Procession</hi>; and besides<lb/> | |||
that Fine and Imprisonment at discretion<lb/> | |||
up to 7 years. But if any damages<lb/> | |||
<add>not corporal</add> accrues to an Individual or would have accrued<lb/> | |||
in consequence of the Perjurer's being<lb/> | |||
credited, the Punishment may be in the 1<hi rend="superscript">st</hi><lb/> | |||
case equal to that for Theft: in the 2<hi rend="superscript">d</hi><lb/> | |||
half as much as for Theft - or at any rate, the<lb/> | |||
Punishment in the 2<hi rend="superscript">d</hi> case may bear<lb/> | |||
that proportion to the punishment in the 1<hi rend="superscript">st</hi>.</p> | |||
<p>If any <hi rend="underline">Corporal</hi> suffering, satisfaction may<lb/> | |||
be given by the jury in Damages, & the <foreign>Lex<lb/> | |||
Talionis</foreign> may take place.<lb/> | |||
Qu? whether it is to be deemed damage done<lb/> | |||
where an Informer is prevented the acquisition<lb/> | |||
a penalty given on his favour?</p> | |||
< | <p>In <add>In /the instance/ of the highest offences</add> of the Perjury <gap/>, where the offences<lb/> | ||
charged is of the higher kind, if the <foreign>Lex Talionis</foreign><lb/> | |||
is not admitted, or where the Punishment<lb/> | |||
for the offence charged should be Death, as Treason, breach of Quarantine, the Tongue<lb/> | |||
may be first cut out, & cast into a fire.</p> | |||
<p>For lesser Offences, it may be kept out of<lb/> | |||
his mouth during the procession by a sharp<lb/> | |||
iron as a <add>pointed</add> knitting needle pierced through<lb/> | |||
the middle</p> | |||
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PUNISHMENT for Perjury
The General Punishment for perjury may
be at all costs Procession; and besides
that Fine and Imprisonment at discretion
up to 7 years. But if any damages
not corporal accrues to an Individual or would have accrued
in consequence of the Perjurer's being
credited, the Punishment may be in the 1st
case equal to that for Theft: in the 2d
half as much as for Theft - or at any rate, the
Punishment in the 2d case may bear
that proportion to the punishment in the 1st.
If any Corporal suffering, satisfaction may
be given by the jury in Damages, & the Lex
Talionis may take place.
Qu? whether it is to be deemed damage done
where an Informer is prevented the acquisition
a penalty given on his favour?
In In /the instance/ of the highest offences of the Perjury , where the offences
charged is of the higher kind, if the Lex Talionis
is not admitted, or where the Punishment
for the offence charged should be Death, as Treason, breach of Quarantine, the Tongue
may be first cut out, & cast into a fire.
For lesser Offences, it may be kept out of
his mouth during the procession by a sharp
iron as a pointed knitting needle pierced through
the middle
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