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merc<del>e</del>y of juries will often | |||
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make them strain a | |||
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point , & bring in larcing | |||
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to be under the value of | |||
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of much greater value : | |||
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but this is a kind of pious per<del>g</del>jury . IV 239 | |||
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<p><!-- indented -->The offence of p<hi rend='underline'>rivately</hi> | |||
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stealing from a man's <hi rend='underline'>person</hi> | |||
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.... without his knowledge , | |||
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was debarred of | |||
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<sic>th</sic><!-- 'the' --> benefit of clergy , so | |||
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early as by <sic>th</sic> Statute & | |||
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Eliz. <unclear>c</unclear>. 14. But then it | |||
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must be such a larcing | |||
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as stands in need of | |||
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the benefit of clergy , <hi rend='underline'>viz</hi> | |||
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of above <sic>th</sic> value of | |||
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twelvepence ; else the offender | |||
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shall not have | |||
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<sic>judgm<hi rend='superscript'>t</hi></sic> of death ..... | |||
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This severity .... seems to be | |||
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owing to <sic>th</sic> ease with | |||
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which such offences are | |||
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committed , & the difficulty | |||
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of guarding <sic>ag<hi rend='superscript'>t</hi></sic><!-- 'against' --> them : | |||
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besides that this is an | |||
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<sic>infringem<hi rend='superscript'>t</hi><!-- 'infringement' --></sic> of property, | |||
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in the manual <del><sic>possess<hi rend='superscript'>n</hi></sic></del> | |||
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under construction by Diane Folan ... please do not amend!
Neither can burglary
be committed in a
tent or booth erected
in a market or fair;
tho' the owner may
lodge therein : for the
law regards thus highly
nothing but permanent
edifices .... &
it is the folly of the
owner to lodge in so
fragile a tenement :
but his lodging there
no more makes it burglary
to break it open
than it wod be to uncover
a titled waggon in
the same circumstances. IV 226
If a person leaves
his doors or windows
open , it is his own
folly & negligence ; &
if a man enters therein
it is no burglary : yet,
if he afterwards unlocks an inner or chamber door it is so . IV 226.
Of things ... that
adhere to the freehold,
as corn , grass , trees , &
the like , or lead upon a
house , no larcing could be
committed by the rules
of the common law ; but
the severance of them
was , & in many things
is still , merely a tresspass. IV 232.
But if the thief severs
them [things that atdhere
to the freehold] at one
time , whereby the tresspass
is completed , & they are
converted into personal
chattels , in the constructive
possession of him in
whose soil they are left
or laid ; & comes again
at another time , when
they are so turned into personally ,
& takes them away;
it is larcing : & so it is, if the
owner or any one else has revered
them . IV 233 .
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Stealing one out of mines
is ... no larcing , upon
the same principle of
adherence to the freehold;
with an exception only to
mines of black lead , the
stealing one out of which
is felony without benefit
of clergy . IV 234
The stealing of writings
relating to a real
estate is no feleny , but
a tresspass : because they
concern the land , or ...
savour of the realty, &
are considered as part
of it by law . IV 234
It is true , that th
mercey of juries will often
make them strain a
point , & bring in larcing
to be under the value of
when it is really
of much greater value :
but this is a kind of pious pergjury . IV 239
The offence of privately
stealing from a man's person
.... without his knowledge ,
was debarred of
th benefit of clergy , so
early as by th Statute &
Eliz. c. 14. But then it
must be such a larcing
as stands in need of
the benefit of clergy , viz
of above th value of
twelvepence ; else the offender
shall not have
judgmt of death .....
This severity .... seems to be
owing to th ease with
which such offences are
committed , & the difficulty
of guarding agt them :
besides that this is an
infringemt of property,
in the manual possessn
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