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Of Theft

drove him into the commission of the crime is at
an end: money of his own comes in, or some
friend in order to extricate him gives him a
voluntary supply: the party injured is satisfied, the
story is hushed up, and the offence is as if it
had never been.

Quest. XIII

Why spontaneous restitution is not made a
ground of total absolute exemption.

Reasons

1. Because if it were, it would be an encouragement
to the commission of the offence. If a man
had it in his power at any time to exempt himself
upon such terms, men who felt themselves
under a compulsion tempted to be dishonest would be continually
for taking their chance: and especially where who
reputation was gone saw their reputation gone, or
thought it would be of no use to them. In such
case if after the offence was committed so long
as there appeared no danger of a discovery a man he
would keep the goods: if such danger appeared
then he would restore them, and then he would be
back where he was, ready to try his chance a
second time. Where the non of Make the indemnity depend upon the

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	071	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	051	Info in main headings field	of theft
Image	002	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f33 / f34 / f35 / f36
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::s. lay [britannia with shield motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	alexander mavrokordatos
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23454
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