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