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<p>3. <del>He shall be confined to</del><add><del>Confinement</del></add> Hard labour<lb/> | <p>3. <del>He shall be confined to</del><add><del>Confinement</del></add> Hard labour<lb/> | ||
for <del><gap/></del><add>[one]</add> month<del>s</del> certain: and moreover<lb/>for the space of a day for every sixpence of the <lb/><del><gap/><gap/><gap/><gap/><gap/><gap/></del> value of the thing<lb/>stolen. <add>This at all events.</add> See <gap/>. Of pecuniary punishments.</p> | for <del><gap/></del><add>[one]</add> month<del>s</del> certain: and moreover<lb/>for the space of a day for every sixpence of the <lb/><del><gap/><gap/><gap/><gap/><gap/><gap/></del> value of the thing<lb/>stolen. <add>This at all events.</add> See <gap/>. Of pecuniary punishments.</p> | ||
<p>4. Where the number of days which the offender<lb/> would have thus to suffer amounts to more than<lb/><add>there are in</add> a year the Judge may convert as much as he<lb/>thinks | <p>4. Where the number of days which the offender<lb/> would have thus to suffer amounts to more than<lb/><add>there are in</add> a year the Judge may convert as much as he<lb/>thinks proper of the confinement exceeding that<lb/> term into whipping; at the rate of not fewer than<lb/>[one] stripe nor more than [five] for every day's confinement.<lb/> The stripes to be inflicted at such times<lb/>and such a number at a time as he shall appoint.</p> | ||
<add>5. The</add><pb/> | <add>5. The</add><pb/> | ||
<head>Note</head> | <head>Note</head> | ||
C 9
Of Theft or Stealing
Punishment
If any Theft
shall be as follows:
1. Characteristic . This at all events.
1. He shall be and to be
2. Penitential imprisonment in the black Dungeon: up to This
or les public of Punishments
at option: up to four weeks at discretion.
suffer penitential imprisonment
Punishment.
3. He shall be confined toConfinement Hard labour
for [one] months certain: and moreover
for the space of a day for every sixpence of the
value of the thing
stolen. This at all events. See . Of pecuniary punishments.
4. Where the number of days which the offender
would have thus to suffer amounts to more than
there are in a year the Judge may convert as much as he
thinks proper of the confinement exceeding that
term into whipping; at the rate of not fewer than
[one] stripe nor more than [five] for every day's confinement.
The stripes to be inflicted at such times
and such a number at a time as he shall appoint.
5. The
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Note
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Sixpence The sum will of course require to be different
according to the different values of money in different
countries. The rule might be that it should amount to half
a day's wages according to the ordinary price of labour.
On this plan a man of the lowest class (which is the class
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