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And what then were these animals? they were rich as were wild, to which for then nature of
distraction, they bestowed in their mongrel language the denomiation of animals FERE NATURÆ:
that of Animals consequently, said they, which they continue to, are
in ; and as what Colony, to no man cannot if taken be said to be stolen from
any man, it thence became an established maxim, that of such things, Larceny
could not be committed.
[And as the value of their animal was iscommonly but small, the trouble of seizing them, (at a time especially when the had not as yet forgiven that facility which there is at present) would appear. almost a compensation for the benefit. La?]
In the number of these, Deer were all along were included: in which they seem to have proceeded
partly upon reason or general utility, in conformity to Solon's Den of visiting Lodging
where there was power; & partly3 upon the utility of the Sovereign & feudal Lords the residuary owners of every thing that had no other great men, whose Instument
they were:were the first of Justice partly the imagination, by which men in general have always been governed
that this could make out a title to complain, that he was injured by this every taken from him, yet what comes to the they, he might that >from a thing's it's body being taken from him in this place. in their first speculations upon property, & which could not reconcile itself to the Deer
of a settled usufructuary connection of men with property where the local connection was to
As for however, as the matter rests on reason, the foundation will appear now, to as they proceded upon reason, their foundation
for tho' deer can are not quite so as sheep, yet may they be marked & dis
-tinguished, & their identity be ascertained wheresoever they are found: circumstances
Approximation mark out a very solid distinction between them and all other animals whole in a state of liberty that pass under
name of Game, while in or both of liberty: and to aggregate them
to the general class of animals which are the subjects of perfect property: and the circumstances
which determined them to that of those animals class of which are called Games, seems to have been
merely, that of their being taken by hunting as well or those.
No man ought to be punished for taking what he can believe to be his own
Quitting Laying aside those speculations, we may venture to affirm that now it is
as well known thatof deer that they are as much the property of a man, & of one man only
In quadrupeds that are not carnivorous, it is the circumstance of smallness that as much as thesethat of intractably to incapacitate men from being directly the subjects of property.
<add'> it is that of any other animal,</add> consequently that there is no danger of a man's incurring the penalty by mistake
there is no reason why a man who a thing of a certain shall be hanged while the<add>a that<add> man who takes a Deer does not belong to him should
worth twice as much
escape with comparative , while nor why while the owner of this one has
the highest security for his property which the law can give , the owner of the other should have any less; in a word, why and, . the difference of value
one should not be exactly upon the same with the other.
the identity of A Hare or Rabbit, if caught & let go again,becomes is lost for ever, if it be for a moment out of , this on two accounts of which , has in
both depending it's :
the one is, that no such idea can be acquired of the
of individuals as is necessary to the distinguishing them from each; the other is, that
eludes the eye of an inner do they leave behind of any & be
theirits
THEFT Deer [5]
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