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<head>Theft Embezzlement and Fraudulent Obtainment</head> | <head>Theft Embezzlement and Fraudulent Obtainment</head> | ||
<p><note>Theft domestic</note> attended <add>with</add>] would signify but little. But this I am apt to<lb/>think would upon trial be found to be so infinitely<lb/> are the incidents from which such opportunities<lb/> may take their rise. It seems hardly worth while <lb/> to appoint an extrao<add>r</add>dinary punishment which could apply<lb/> in but a small proportion of the cases in which there<lb/>was a demand for it. The benefit produced by an extrao<add>r</add>dinary <lb/>provision for that purpose would hardly make up for the inconvenience<lb/>that might result from the addition such a provision<lb/>it would make to the <del><gap/></del> <add>volume <gap/></add> and intricacy of the<lb/>penal code: such a provision would hardly pay for its place in<lb/> the catalogue of punishments.</p> | <p><note>Theft domestic</note> attended <add>with</add>] would signify but little. But this I am apt to<lb/>think would upon trial be found to be so infinitely<lb/> are the incidents from which such opportunities<lb/> may take their rise. It seems hardly worth while <lb/> to appoint an extrao<add>r</add>dinary punishment which could apply<lb/> in but a small proportion of the cases in which there<lb/>was a demand for it. The benefit produced by an extrao<add>r</add>dinary <lb/>provision for that purpose would hardly make up for the inconvenience<lb/>that might result from the addition such a provision<lb/>it would make to the <del><gap/></del> <add>volume <gap/></add> and intricacy of the<lb/>penal code: such a provision would hardly pay for its place in<lb/> the catalogue of punishments.</p> | ||
<p>3. Another reason against applying <sic>extraodinary</sic> punishment<lb/>in the case of domestic theft is their being subject to a<lb/> check to which strangers are | <p>3. Another reason against applying <sic>extraodinary</sic> punishment<lb/>in the case of domestic theft is their being subject to a<lb/> check to which either strangers are not exposed. <add>In England the</add> The most <lb/>valuable possession a <del>stranger</del> <add>servant</add> has is his character this <lb/> character is his great trust and dependence and support<lb/> <add>the</add></p><pb/> | ||
C Theft Embezzlement and Fraudulent Obtainment
Theft domestic attended with] would signify but little. But this I am apt to
think would upon trial be found to be so infinitely
are the incidents from which such opportunities
may take their rise. It seems hardly worth while
to appoint an extraordinary punishment which could apply
in but a small proportion of the cases in which there
was a demand for it. The benefit produced by an extraordinary
provision for that purpose would hardly make up for the inconvenience
that might result from the addition such a provision
it would make to the volume and intricacy of the
penal code: such a provision would hardly pay for its place in
the catalogue of punishments.
3. Another reason against applying extraodinary punishment
in the case of domestic theft is their being subject to a
check to which either strangers are not exposed. In England the The most
valuable possession a stranger servant has is his character this
character is his great trust and dependence and support
the
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