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Of Offences against Property

Theft Embezzlement and Defraudment all one.

divisions that have been given in several cases by
English Lawyers would have been Theft. too! It is
however according to the only notion that can be assigned
to the word embezzlement destinct from that of Theft
it is I say but embezzlement for as to the taking,
the beginning to occupy, the putting the spoon to his
mouth and so forth he had a title. But in these two
cases too what difference is there in the demand for
punishment?

A man seeing a horse exposed to sale watches
his opportunity mounts the horse and runs away with
it. This is what every body may will call Theft. if instead of
taking the horse inthis clandestine manner by surprize
he had got the owner's leave to mount on its
back on pretence of trying its paces, this too according
to decisions that have been given by English Lawyers
would have been Theft for they saw plainly that in point
of mischief there was no differencesuch an act as this and an
Theft. word just the

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	072	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	095	Info in main headings field	of offences against property
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f9 / f10
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::[britannia with shield emblem]]]
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23712
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