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PARDON
others either the circumstance specified is not in being isse & incapable therefore of being ma
the subject of a Trial , or is of too vague a nature to be collected from legal
evidence. [under, legal limitations limitations of legal rules .]
The check therefore here imposed , is the only check competent to the subject , the
same as that upon Juries the sense of shame — to which may be added , Impeachment
of the Person applying for the Pardon in any flagrant case where as in ca
of the suggestion containing a very notorious falsehood - —
In the instance of particular crimes [to be specified by the law] for which, (should
there be any such) , it may be thought adviseable to retain punishments in
as it is called , without design of universal execution — as in under the Laws
against Papists , these specifications may be dispensed with . Qu? should the name of the person applying for the Pardon be specified in the Instrument would or would not this be laying too great a restriction on Pardons if a man venture was forced to himself to procure one
Qu. too whether any distinction in this head between Crimes .
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Identifier: | JB/050/145/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 50. |
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jeremy bentham |
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