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<p>But it will be said, by <add>how</add> what means can you satisfy yourself that<lb/>a man is <del>not</del> a dishonest man from these <gap/> &#x2014; how can<lb/>you satisfy yourself, that what he has said is absolutely<lb/>false, when nothing is absolutely asserted? I answer easily &#x2014; as easily<lb/>in many cases, as when it is.
<p>But it will be said, by <add>how</add> what means can you satisfy yourself that<lb/>a man is <del>not</del> a dishonest man from these <gap/> &#x2014; how can<lb/>you satisfy yourself, that what he has said is absolutely<lb/>false, when nothing is absolutely asserted? I answer easily &#x2014; as easily<lb/>in many cases, as when it is.
We must consider, that in Perjury, the guilt <add><gap/></add> of the accused, is<lb/>always but a matter of inference, never of intuition: of<lb/> inference, concerning what <gap/> to have passed in his<lb/>mind at two periods [at least] the time <add>to</add> <del>of</del> which the<lb/>Deposition speaks, &#x2014; the time at which it is made.<lb/> And of this <del>we judge</del> <add>he to whom it belongs, judges</add> from the situation of


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not in all, be allowed to for much, as every
one must be sensible, is in very many cases, all that an
honest man can say: when the act or situation to be described
was sudden & transitory, when it happened
when it happen'd long ago, when it was such, as
behaved not much to engage his attention: in , in a
variety of other , which every man's imagination will
suggest.

But it will be said, by how what means can you satisfy yourself that
a man is not a dishonest man from these — how can
you satisfy yourself, that what he has said is absolutely
false, when nothing is absolutely asserted? I answer easily — as easily
in many cases, as when it is. We must consider, that in Perjury, the guilt of the accused, is
always but a matter of inference, never of intuition: of
inference, concerning what to have passed in his
mind at two periods [at least] the time to of which the
Deposition speaks, — the time at which it is made.
And of this we judge he to whom it belongs, judges from the situation of This Page Has Not Been Transcribed Yet

Identifier: | JB/047/001/003"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 47.

Date_1

Marginal Summary Numbering

Box

047

Main Headings

evidence

Folio number

001

Info in main headings field

perjury intensity of averment

Image

003

Titles

Category

text sheet

Number of Pages

3

Recto/Verso

recto

Page Numbering

/ f1 / f2

Penner

jeremy bentham

Watermarks

Marginals

Paper Producer

Corrections

Paper Produced in Year

Notes public

ID Number

14869

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