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<head><note>Reasons</note><!-- written in pencil --> Of Frauds relative to the Coin.</head><!-- indented --> | <head><note>Reasons</note><!-- written in pencil --> Of Frauds relative to the Coin.</head><!-- indented --> | ||
<p>2. The Punishment if it were not groundless would be unprofitable : | <p>2. The Punishment if it were not groundless would be unprofitable: | ||
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when it is only by a single piece or by a very few | when it is only by a single piece or by a very few | ||
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it to be bad: so that allowing of prosecutions in such a case | it to be bad: so that allowing of prosecutions in such a case | ||
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would be more likely to be productive of vexation to the innocent , than to be of any use towards the prevention of delinquency.<add>(a)</add> <add>Quest.II.</add> | would be more likely to be productive of vexation to the innocent, than to be of any use towards the prevention of delinquency.<add>(a)</add> <add>Quest.II.</add> | ||
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<head>Note.</head> | <head>Note.</head> | ||
<p><!-- indented -->The particular subject matter of this Note | <p><!-- indented -->The particular subject matter of this Note, it will be observed, | ||
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is local : but the general cautions that may be deduced from it are<add>1</add> | is local: but the general cautions that may be deduced from it are<add>1</add> | ||
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applicable to the Laws of all countries alike as well as to all manner | applicable to the Laws of all countries alike as well as to all manner | ||
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of offences . <del>I thought , therefore , there would be no harm , in suffering<del> <add>It seemed therefore , that if permitted to stand , it</add> | of offences. <del>I thought, therefore, there would be no harm, in suffering</del> <add>It seemed therefore, that if permitted to stand, it</add> | ||
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<del>it to stand.</del> <add>might not be without its use .</add> | <del>it to stand.</del> <add>might not be without its use .</add> | ||
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a <add>a</add><!-- this looks as though it could have been where Bentham meant to start the line (wrote 'a') then rubbed it out and wrote it on the line above. I've added it, so it's include in the folio. Delete if you see fit. --> severe punishment is inflicted on any man who utters counterfeit | a <add>a</add><!-- this looks as though it could have been where Bentham meant to start the line (wrote 'a') then rubbed it out and wrote it on the line above. I've added it, so it's include in the folio. Delete if you see fit. --> severe punishment is inflicted on any man who utters counterfeit | ||
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money knowing it to be so , though there be no proof | money knowing it to be so, though there be no proof | ||
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of his being in confederacy with the coiner , and without making | of his being in confederacy with the coiner, and without making | ||
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any distinction in favour of a man who has taken <add>bad</add> | any distinction in favour of a man who has taken <add>bad</add> | ||
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C
Reasons Of Frauds relative to the Coin.
2. The Punishment if it were not groundless would be unprofitable:
when it is only by a single piece or by a very few
pieces at a time that a man puts off bad money it is impossible
to know by this circumstance alone that he really knows
it to be bad: so that allowing of prosecutions in such a case
would be more likely to be productive of vexation to the innocent, than to be of any use towards the prevention of delinquency.(a) Quest.II.
Note.
The particular subject matter of this Note, it will be observed,
is local: but the general cautions that may be deduced from it are1
applicable to the Laws of all countries alike as well as to all manner
of offences. I thought, therefore, there would be no harm, in suffering It seemed therefore, that if permitted to stand, it
it to stand. might not be without its use .
(a) Provision in a British Law punishing on Presumption of Complicity. According to a British Statute (15. Geo. II. Ch. 28. S. 2)
a a severe punishment is inflicted on any man who utters counterfeit
money knowing it to be so, though there be no proof
of his being in confederacy with the coiner, and without making
any distinction in favour of a man who has taken bad
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