JB/072/057/004

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C
Disaffection

On a point which touches so nearly the personal interest
of the sovereign. if a man thinks it worth
while to venture to propose laws it is for the
sake of the offender himself, rather than for the
sake of the person who is the object of the
offence. It is for the sake not of establishing
punishment but of limiting it. If there were
no law appointing any particular punishment, there
would not [or not except by ] be the less
punishment, but the more. The Sovereign who
is the fountain of all punishment, will hardly
fail of supplying what is at least sufficient
for this purpose of defending his own
rights.

It may be asked to what purpose these

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Identifier: | JB/072/057/004"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 72.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	072	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	057	Info in main headings field	of disaffection
Image	004	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f1 / f2 / f3 / f4
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[gr with crown motif] pro patria [with motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23674
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