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There are two considerations <add>reasons<add>circumstances</add> which concur in <del><gap/></del> reducing <add>keeping down</add> very much the mischievousness<lb/> of this offence <add>the <unclear>form</unclear> of this -</add> - The one is, that the deception <add>in | <head>FALSE WEIGHTS and MEASURES.</head> | ||
it becomes not worth his while to | |||
<p>There are two considerations <add>reasons <add>circumstances</add></add> which concur in <del><gap/></del> reducing <add>keeping down</add> very much the mischievousness | |||
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of this offence <add>the <unclear>form</unclear> of this -</add> - The one is, that the deception <add>in bulky commodities </add> can take place, only <del>to</del> a | |||
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small value without being detected by the senses: the other, that <add>or they become</add> in the finer<lb/> | |||
& more valuable <add>they</add> required <add>or are dealt for in a larger quantity</add>a greater stock in the dealer, & consequently a greater | |||
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degree of responsibility: fixed to a place, it becomes not worth his while to risk<lb/> | |||
his character & his trade for a paltry & precarious peculation: & even should<lb/> | |||
he do so, he has forthcoming wherewithal that to make amends & to make the <gap/><lb/>as if it had never been.</p> | |||
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FALSE WEIGHTS and MEASURES.
There are two considerations reasons <add>circumstances</add> which concur in reducing keeping down very much the mischievousness
of this offence the form of this - - The one is, that the deception in bulky commodities can take place, only to a
small value without being detected by the senses: the other, that or they become in the finer
& more valuable they required or are dealt for in a larger quantitya greater stock in the dealer, & consequently a greater
degree of responsibility: fixed to a place, it becomes not worth his while to risk
his character & his trade for a paltry & precarious peculation: & even should
he do so, he has forthcoming wherewithal that to make amends & to make the
as if it had never been.
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