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By the 15th. G.2.c.2g. <!-- symbol --> 1. Amongst other Offences to "file or<lb/> | |||
''This | alter, wash or colour any of the Brass Monies called<lb/> | ||
Halfpennies<hi rend='superscript'>+</hi> <note><hi rend='superscript'>+</hi>so <unclear>Buffhead.</unclear></note> or Farthings, or add to or alter the impression<lb/> | |||
or any part of the impression of either side of an Halfpenny<lb/> | |||
or Farthing, with an intent to make an Halfpenny resemble<lb/> | |||
or look like or pass for a lawful Shilling or with<lb/> | |||
intent to make a Farthing resemble or look like or pass<lb/> | |||
for a lawful Sixpence" is made High Treason: & by <!-- symbol -->8<lb/> | |||
a person guilty of any such offence, who being out of <lb/> | |||
Prison, shall discover 2 or more such Offenders so as<lb/> | |||
they be convicted shall be entitled to a Pardon.<lb/> | |||
This Statute is abridged: in <unclear>Fr. G.</unclear> Foelding's Extracts<lb/> | |||
from the Penal laws p. 318, & it is there said - "If any<lb/> | |||
"person being out of Prisonn shall file or any wise alter<lb/> | |||
"wash or colour any of the Brass Monies called Halfpennies"<lb/> | |||
"or Farthings or add to or alter the impression or any part<pb/> | |||
"of the impression with intent to make them look like or pass<lb/> | |||
"for a lawful Shilling or a Sixpence". . . .. "and shall<lb/> | |||
"afterwards discover two or more persons who shall have committed<lb/> <!-- There is an unusual feature at this point in the manuscript: the word committed is hyphenated and the following line actually begins with the quotation mark in the middle of the word ( "mitted ) and not before the word any--> | |||
"any of the said offences, so as such two or more shall<lb/> | |||
"be thereof convicted; such discoverer shall have his Majesty's<lb/><!-- There is an unusual feature at this point in the manuscript: the word Majesty's is hyphenated as noted previously, with the quotation mark being ( "ty's )--> | |||
"most gracious Pardon for such his or her Offence."<lb/> | |||
Now this abridgment is a representation of what the Law<lb/> | |||
ought to be, not of what it is; for the sense it will convey to<lb/> | |||
an ordinary apprehension is that the Penalty is to attach<lb/> | |||
whether the Halfpenny be turned into a Shilling or a Sixpence<lb/> | |||
whereas for any thing contained in the Text, he who is <sic>dispos'd</sic><lb/> | |||
to turn a Halfpenny into a Sixpence, or, what is as feasible<lb/> | |||
an operation as any that are mentioned, a Farthing into a<lb/> | |||
Shilling may do it with impunity.<lb/> | |||
The Passage here instanced would have been yet better as an<lb/> | |||
original, & yet more in danger of being useful as a copy, if the<lb/> | |||
<head>Abridgments inadequate <!-- symbol --> <unclear>Succedanea.</unclear></head><pb/> | |||
words "Brass Monies" (together with those others which serve<lb/> | |||
to connect them with the rest of the sentence) had been omitted,<lb/> | |||
for the truth of the matter is, that <sic>their</sic> neither are now in<lb/> | |||
being, nor were then such things as Brass Monies called<lb/> | |||
Halfpennies & Farthings; the Monies so called are & were<lb/> | |||
Copper & not Brass: Copper being the Metal pure -- Brass a<lb/> | |||
mixed Metal, composed of Copper with an additament. +<lb/> | |||
+The Simi-metal<lb/> | |||
called Zinc <sic>obtainted</sic><lb/> | |||
commonly from<lb/> | |||
Ore called Lapis<lb/> | |||
calaminaris<lb/> | |||
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By the 15th. G.2.c.2g. 1. Amongst other Offences to "file or
alter, wash or colour any of the Brass Monies called
Halfpennies+ +so Buffhead. or Farthings, or add to or alter the impression
or any part of the impression of either side of an Halfpenny
or Farthing, with an intent to make an Halfpenny resemble
or look like or pass for a lawful Shilling or with
intent to make a Farthing resemble or look like or pass
for a lawful Sixpence" is made High Treason: & by 8
a person guilty of any such offence, who being out of
Prison, shall discover 2 or more such Offenders so as
they be convicted shall be entitled to a Pardon.
This Statute is abridged: in Fr. G. Foelding's Extracts
from the Penal laws p. 318, & it is there said - "If any
"person being out of Prisonn shall file or any wise alter
"wash or colour any of the Brass Monies called Halfpennies"
"or Farthings or add to or alter the impression or any part
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"of the impression with intent to make them look like or pass
"for a lawful Shilling or a Sixpence". . . .. "and shall
"afterwards discover two or more persons who shall have committed
"any of the said offences, so as such two or more shall
"be thereof convicted; such discoverer shall have his Majesty's
"most gracious Pardon for such his or her Offence."
Now this abridgment is a representation of what the Law
ought to be, not of what it is; for the sense it will convey to
an ordinary apprehension is that the Penalty is to attach
whether the Halfpenny be turned into a Shilling or a Sixpence
whereas for any thing contained in the Text, he who is dispos'd
to turn a Halfpenny into a Sixpence, or, what is as feasible
an operation as any that are mentioned, a Farthing into a
Shilling may do it with impunity.
The Passage here instanced would have been yet better as an
original, & yet more in danger of being useful as a copy, if the
Abridgments inadequate Succedanea.
---page break---
words "Brass Monies" (together with those others which serve
to connect them with the rest of the sentence) had been omitted,
for the truth of the matter is, that their neither are now in
being, nor were then such things as Brass Monies called
Halfpennies & Farthings; the Monies so called are & were
Copper & not Brass: Copper being the Metal pure -- Brass a
mixed Metal, composed of Copper with an additament. +
+The Simi-metal
called Zinc obtainted
commonly from
Ore called Lapis
calaminaris
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