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off , not only knowingly but avowedly ; since it is not at all | |||
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uncommon for people even knowingly to accept them. When | |||
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which the matter is regarded on both sides, on account of the | |||
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trifflingness of the sum and the assurance which the accepter | |||
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has of being able to pass off the money to some other person . | |||
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This hold good in a less degree with regard to the silver <add>Coin:</add> | |||
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09-Mar-2012: under construction by Diane Folan. Please do not amend.
35
C
Of Frauds relative to the Coin. Reasons
No Matter whether foreign or domestic. Quest. II . Why foreign Coin is put upon the same footing
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Note
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bad money at the price of genuine . The reason indeed given is
that "the utterers often are the Coiners or in confederacy with them";
but the conviction is not made to depend in any manner upon
the Jury's persuasion of that circumstance . The punishment is
for the first offence Six Months imprisonment ; for the Second
Two Years Imprisonment; and for the Third, Death .
Femerity of such Presumption . This statute, as any one may imagine , is not executed .
If it were there are few persons in the nation who might not
be envelopped in the punishment. denounced by it.
With regard to the Copper Coin every body knows that
it is not all uncommon for counterfeit halfpence to be passed
off , not only knowingly but avowedly ; since it is not at all
uncommon for people even knowingly to accept them. When
this is the case it is generally owing to the indifference with
which the matter is regarded on both sides, on account of the
trifflingness of the sum and the assurance which the accepter
has of being able to pass off the money to some other person .
This hold good in a less degree with regard to the silver Coin:
Identifier: | JB/071/168/003"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 71. |
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not numbered |
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071 |
penal code |
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168 |
of frauds relative to the coin |
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003 |
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copy/fair copy sheet |
4 |
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recto |
f33 / f34 / f35 / f36 |
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[[watermarks::myears [lion with crown motif]]] |
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caroline fox |
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23571 |
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