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<p>1827 Aug<hi rend="superscript">t</hi> <lb/> | |||
<head>Penal Code</head></p> | |||
<p><head>Ch. III. Division of Offences<lb/> | |||
§. Definitions &c</head></p> | |||
<p>1.<lb/> | |||
Misdeed, an act producing,<lb/> | |||
on the whole,<lb/> | |||
pure pain, or more<lb/> | |||
pain than pleasure.</p> | |||
<p>2.<lb/> | |||
No act not producing<lb/> | |||
on the whole more<lb/> | |||
pain than pleasure<lb/> | |||
is a misdeed.</p> | |||
<p>3.<lb/> | |||
Offence an act made<lb/> | |||
the subject of prohibition<lb/> | |||
by the sovereign<lb/> | |||
authority.</p> | |||
<p>4.<lb/> | |||
A prohibition, to be effectual,<lb/> | |||
must be followed<lb/> | |||
by the infliction<lb/> | |||
of pain on the<lb/> | |||
person not conforming<lb/> | |||
to it.</p> | |||
<p>5.<lb/> | |||
Motives are the prospect<lb/> | |||
of eventual pleasure<lb/> | |||
or pain. Pleasure<lb/> | |||
suggesting motives<lb/> | |||
generally insufficient<lb/> | |||
to induce forbearance<lb/> | |||
– thence the<lb/> | |||
need of making use of<lb/> | |||
pain suggesting motives.</p> | |||
<p>6.<lb/> | |||
Prescription opposed<lb/> | |||
to prohibition.</p> | |||
<p>7.<lb/> | |||
Offence either an act<lb/> | |||
of commission – i.e.<lb/> | |||
positive, or an act of<lb/> | |||
omission, i.e. negative.</p> | |||
<p>8.<lb/> | |||
No misdeed should be<lb/> | |||
prohibited, unless the<lb/> | |||
pain produced, if left<lb/> | |||
unprohibited, be greater<lb/> | |||
than that produced<lb/> | |||
<add>if</add></p> | |||
<pb/> | |||
<p><head>Ch. III. Division of Offences<lb/> | |||
§. Definitions &c</head></p> | |||
<p>8 contin<hi rend="superscript">d.</hi><lb/> | |||
if prohibited, including<lb/> | |||
the vexation and<lb/> | |||
expense of the prohibition.</p> | |||
<p>9.<lb/> | |||
Pain inflicted for enforcement<lb/> | |||
of a prohibition,<lb/> | |||
is punishment.</p> | |||
<p>10.<lb/> | |||
Punishment, in inflicting<lb/> | |||
pain to one,<lb/> | |||
may give pleasure<lb/> | |||
to another.</p> | |||
<p>11.<lb/> | |||
Pleasure so given to<lb/> | |||
the party injured by<lb/> | |||
the misdeed, is termed<lb/> | |||
satisfaction.</p> | |||
<p>12.<lb/> | |||
Extent of satisfaction<lb/> | |||
derivable from punishment,<lb/> | |||
limited.</p> | |||
<p>13.<lb/> | |||
In case of misdeeds,<lb/> | |||
where the ballance<lb/> | |||
can not, by the legal<lb/> | |||
sanction, be turned to<lb/> | |||
the side of pleasure<lb/> | |||
it must be left to be<lb/> | |||
done by the popular<lb/> | |||
sanction.</p> | |||
<p>14.<lb/> | |||
Nowhere have the two<lb/> | |||
sanctions been as yet<lb/> | |||
in exact conformity to greatest<lb/> | |||
happiness principle:<lb/> | |||
but they will approach<lb/> | |||
to it as experience and<lb/> | |||
reflection encrease.</p> | |||
<p>15.<lb/> | |||
Private deontology, the<lb/> | |||
indication of the course<lb/> | |||
of conduct in every<lb/> | |||
doubtful case.</p> | |||
<pb/> | |||
<p><head>Ch. III. Division of Offences<lb/> | |||
§. Definitions &c</head></p> | |||
<p>16.<lb/> | |||
Misdeeds – correspondence<lb/> | |||
with moral wrong.</p> | |||
<p>17.<lb/> | |||
Misdeeds – correspondence<lb/> | |||
with legal wrong.</p> | |||
<p>18.<lb/> | |||
In every offence or legal<lb/> | |||
wrong, the agent is <hi rend="underline">wrongor</hi><lb/> | |||
or wrong-doer: the patient,<lb/> | |||
<hi rend="underline">wrongee</hi>.</p> | |||
<p>19.<lb/> | |||
So throughout the field,<lb/> | |||
for the designation of<lb/> | |||
the agent, employ the<lb/> | |||
termination <hi rend="underline">or</hi> or <hi rend="underline">er</hi>:<lb/> | |||
for that of the patient,<lb/> | |||
the termination <hi rend="underline">ee</hi>.</p> | |||
<p>20.<lb/> | |||
Crime, a name vaguely<lb/> | |||
given both to offences<lb/> | |||
and misdeeds.</p> | |||
<p>21.<lb/> | |||
Vagueness of the word<lb/> | |||
is practically productive<lb/> | |||
of much inconvenience.</p> | |||
<p>22.<lb/> | |||
In this Code, crime a<lb/> | |||
misdeed, accompanied<lb/> | |||
by evil consciousness.</p> | |||
<p>23.<lb/> | |||
Where no evil consciousness,<lb/> | |||
an offence is<lb/> | |||
accompanied with temerity,<lb/> | |||
or with blameless<lb/> | |||
error.</p> | |||
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1827 Augt
Penal Code
Ch. III. Division of Offences
§. Definitions &c
1.
Misdeed, an act producing,
on the whole,
pure pain, or more
pain than pleasure.
2.
No act not producing
on the whole more
pain than pleasure
is a misdeed.
3.
Offence an act made
the subject of prohibition
by the sovereign
authority.
4.
A prohibition, to be effectual,
must be followed
by the infliction
of pain on the
person not conforming
to it.
5.
Motives are the prospect
of eventual pleasure
or pain. Pleasure
suggesting motives
generally insufficient
to induce forbearance
– thence the
need of making use of
pain suggesting motives.
6.
Prescription opposed
to prohibition.
7.
Offence either an act
of commission – i.e.
positive, or an act of
omission, i.e. negative.
8.
No misdeed should be
prohibited, unless the
pain produced, if left
unprohibited, be greater
than that produced
if
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Ch. III. Division of Offences
§. Definitions &c
8 contind.
if prohibited, including
the vexation and
expense of the prohibition.
9.
Pain inflicted for enforcement
of a prohibition,
is punishment.
10.
Punishment, in inflicting
pain to one,
may give pleasure
to another.
11.
Pleasure so given to
the party injured by
the misdeed, is termed
satisfaction.
12.
Extent of satisfaction
derivable from punishment,
limited.
13.
In case of misdeeds,
where the ballance
can not, by the legal
sanction, be turned to
the side of pleasure
it must be left to be
done by the popular
sanction.
14.
Nowhere have the two
sanctions been as yet
in exact conformity to greatest
happiness principle:
but they will approach
to it as experience and
reflection encrease.
15.
Private deontology, the
indication of the course
of conduct in every
doubtful case.
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Ch. III. Division of Offences
§. Definitions &c
16.
Misdeeds – correspondence
with moral wrong.
17.
Misdeeds – correspondence
with legal wrong.
18.
In every offence or legal
wrong, the agent is wrongor
or wrong-doer: the patient,
wrongee.
19.
So throughout the field,
for the designation of
the agent, employ the
termination or or er:
for that of the patient,
the termination ee.
20.
Crime, a name vaguely
given both to offences
and misdeeds.
21.
Vagueness of the word
is practically productive
of much inconvenience.
22.
In this Code, crime a
misdeed, accompanied
by evil consciousness.
23.
Where no evil consciousness,
an offence is
accompanied with temerity,
or with blameless
error.
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