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Punishment in alienam personam
away for a penny. But the parties are both of them
miserably poor: they neither of them have a penny
to tempt me with. What then is there to induce
me to give a false account of the matter? nothing
What then is the danger of admitting me? to none at
all. What the consequence of rejercting me? the
triumph of oppression. How in a case like this
there is nothing singular nor improbable: a thousand
such might a man figure to himself with ease.
Having proceeded thus far I will venture to advance
this position that a man's testimony ought
not to be rejected at all events even for the crime of
Perjury: in not for Perjury, it will follow a portion
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141 |
rationale of punishment |
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146 |
punishment in alienam personam |
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002 |
incompetency |
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text sheet |
4 |
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f55 / f56 / f57 / f58 |
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jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::l v g propatria [britannia motif]]] |
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caroline vernon |
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