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Till it is taken out of the closet in which the
Box is kept, or the Room in which the closet is, or
the House in which the Room is, or the homestead
in which the House is, or the Estate in which the
Homestead is? And what is the House,&
what is the Homestead?
5thly & lastly. Suppose it were a Mine from
whence he had taken a piece of ore—was it
"carried away" as soon as he had carried it out
of that turning in which he took it(and where
does that Turning End) or not like he had gotten
it out of the last Turning next to the Shaft or
not till he had gotten out of the Territories of
the Owner of the Soil above (and so on as in the
second supposition)who may or may not be the
same person as the owner of the Mine?
from p. 46
The Utilities of keeping up this Distinction we
may remember were there mentioned to be of two
kinds one derived from the regard due to popular
Opinion, which seems disposed to require such a
Distinction to be made; the other from it's opening in
some Degree an Inlet to Repentance.
I shall imagine a lease to exemplify the manners
in which the latter Utility may accrue in the
Instance of the Crime before us.
Suppose a Thief be ripping Lead from a House
— he is struck with some sight or sound which
alarms him with the Idea of Detection- he balances
whether he shall continue his Enterprise— Now I
say that the Consideration of his not having yet
incurred the total of the Punishment coming in
Time
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