JB/118/431/002

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8 August 1810
Press

Ch. 2. Offences against Reputation defined.
§. 1. The legislator to the people – Justificative Infractions. and

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Art. 1. Throughout the territory of the State the press( ) is free( )
and inviolable( ): moreover the use of it is lawful( ); and being
subject to no restrictions but such as are herein ordained
for the purpose of preventing the abuse of it; viz to wit as far
as may be without prejudice to the use. See Section 2, 3
and 4.

Art. 2. An abuse is made of the press, as often as,
and in so far as it is made instrumental in, or conducive
to the commission of any act which in the character
of a crime or other offence stands prohibited by
the law.

In respect of all such offences as are not herein particularized,
to the purpose of satisfaction or punishment
or both, the offender, will for any such abuse of the press
remains remain responsible, in such manner, as by the correspondent
portions of the body of the laws is or shall be
ordained.

Art. 3. Besides the many other uses of the press, the
press being the only extensively efficient vehicle for useful
knowledge in any shape, the a purpose for which under a free
constitution, it the freedom of it is indispensably necessary in the
the securing at all times to the people the most correct and compleat ample
means of forming an well-grounded opinions,⊞ ⊞ as well concerning
the fitness of all the such
laws and institutions and measures of government as are
already established or
may shall hereafter come
to be proposed, as concerning of the fitness
in all points of all persons who profess are or
come to be in possession of any public trust.

Identifier: | JB/118/431/002"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 118.
Date_1	1812-09-08	Marginal Summary Numbering	5
Box	118	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	431	Info in main headings field	to ld sidmouth
Image	002	Titles
Category	correspondence	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	b6 / c1 / e6
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	th 1806
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	andre morellet
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1806
Notes public	draft; not included in letter 2190, vol. 8	ID Number	39485
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