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4. C Of Culpable Insolvency

Punishment for Insolvency fraudulent ab initio . Punishment may be of the same nature as for Sharping ordinary Defraudment. . In very
atrocious cases it may be treated in point of punishment
altogether upon the same footing . But in general the vague intention
of paying at some time or other, though upon improbable
contingencies , may be accepted as an excuse extenuation . . In this Case, instead
of the ignominious punishment for sharping , the Offender
might be made to wear a coat of a particular appearance
to be called the knavish Insolvent's Coat . (a) (a) In Scotland it has been the custom for Insolvents without distinction to wear a coat of a particular appearance . See Stairs Institute. Of late the custom seems to have fallen into .

Punishment for Insolvency through Rashness ab initio. For Insolvency through Rashness ab initio the Offender
might be made to wear a for a certain time a coat of a particular
appearance to be called the Rash Insolvent's or The Adventurer's Coat .

Punishment for Insolvency through Prodigality or Gaming. For Insolvency through Prodigality the Offender might
be made to wear for a certain time a Coat of a particular appearance
to be called the Prodigal's Coat . If any part of the
Prodigality had consisted in Gaming the appearance of the
Coat might be varied accordingly , and it might be called The
Gaming Prodigal's Coat. To this might be added solitary confinement
to hard labour and spase diet , for not more than three
Months ,(a) at the direction discretion of the Judge. For

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Note.

(a) [Three Months] The term which is the least to which a man can be sentenced for Theft. V . Tit [Theft]

Identifier: | JB/071/189/004"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 71.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	071	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	189	Info in main headings field	of culpable insolvency
Image	004	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f1 / f2 / f3 / f4
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::myears [lion with crown motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	caroline fox
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23592
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