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<head>Of Adultery</head> | |||
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<head>Of Adultery .</head><!-- left of centre --> | |||
<p>except actual eye-witnesses, should not be admitted to justify | |||
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if prosecuted for defamation . 3. Neither the supposed | |||
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Adulterer nor the supposed Adulteress should be compellable | |||
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to give testimony ; nor any persons intimately connected with | |||
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them ; such as Relations within a certain degree and Servants. | |||
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4. A previous information on oath of an actual eye-witness | |||
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should be made necessary in order to ground a prosecution. | |||
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<head>Extenuation <del>Excuse</del> I.</head> | |||
<p><!-- indent -->Where his Wife was <add>refuses</add> unwilling , or by reason of absence | |||
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or bodily infirmity <add>is</add> unable, to receive his embraces. | |||
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<p><!-- indent -->Other <del>Excuses</del> <add>Extenuations</add> are , 2. Want of Intention . 3. Ignorance | |||
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of the Law. 4. Innocence of Intention . 5 . Intoxication . | |||
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6. Compulsion . 7. Deference to Authority<hi rend='superscript'>(a)</hi>. 8. Provocation , to | |||
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wit on the part of the Wife. | |||
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<p><!-- indent --><note>Abatement Lighter punishment Substituted .<!-- 3 words and full stop in pencil --></note> In any of the above cases of <add>Extenuation</add> <del>Excuse</del> the Offender | |||
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shall only be privately admonished. | |||
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<p><!-- indent --><note>Punishment for Single Adultery in an Unmarried Woman.</note> If an unmarried Woman commit adultery with | |||
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a married man her punishment may be as follows. <add>1.</add> | |||
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<p>(a) Most of the above excuses are in a high degree improbable : but all are possible. In a finished | |||
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body of Law some explanations would need to be given under each . But they do not appear of | |||
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sufficient importance to merit a place here. | |||
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5.
C
Of Adultery .
except actual eye-witnesses, should not be admitted to justify
if prosecuted for defamation . 3. Neither the supposed
Adulterer nor the supposed Adulteress should be compellable
to give testimony ; nor any persons intimately connected with
them ; such as Relations within a certain degree and Servants.
4. A previous information on oath of an actual eye-witness
should be made necessary in order to ground a prosecution.
Extenuation Excuse I.
Where his Wife was refuses unwilling , or by reason of absence
or bodily infirmity is unable, to receive his embraces.
Other Excuses Extenuations are , 2. Want of Intention . 3. Ignorance
of the Law. 4. Innocence of Intention . 5 . Intoxication .
6. Compulsion . 7. Deference to Authority(a). 8. Provocation , to
wit on the part of the Wife.
Abatement Lighter punishment Substituted . In any of the above cases of Extenuation Excuse the Offender
shall only be privately admonished.
Punishment for Single Adultery in an Unmarried Woman. If an unmarried Woman commit adultery with
a married man her punishment may be as follows. 1.
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Note.
(a) Most of the above excuses are in a high degree improbable : but all are possible. In a finished
body of Law some explanations would need to be given under each . But they do not appear of
sufficient importance to merit a place here.
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