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Of Ship-wrecking
Criminal Shipwrecking is where [without lawful cause]
a man is concerned in destroying a navigable
vessel on the water : intending thereby to endanger
the life or damage the property of another to
the amount of £8.[ .. ] having no right so to
do , and knowing that he hath none.
[(Right Lawful cause)] Justifications are
Are as in Inundation
[(Concerned) See Tit. Co-offenders.
{ Destroying] It matters not by what means ; whether
for instance by causing the vessel to sink , or causing
it to beat to pieces on the shore .
It shall be deemed for this purpose to be destroy'd
if it be so far damaged as to be unable
to be kept afloat .
Identifier: | JB/071/143/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 71. |
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penal code |
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143 |
of ship-wrecking |
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jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::r williams [britannia with shield emblem]]] |
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c. hamilton |
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