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C 3
Of Theft or Stealing.
it derives its value only from agreement : as a piece of
paper containing a promise to deliver to any one so
much gold or silver.
4. intrinsic or representative It matters not whether the value of it be
intrinsic; that is whether it be valuable in itself, as
a piece of gold or silver : or representative only: that
is whether it be valuable only as a means of procuring something that is of intrinsic value : as the
stick or piece of paper above-mentioned .
5. private or public It matters not whether it be valuable
to an individual , as an article of food or cloathing ;
or a written paper or other instrument which might
contribute to exempt him from a burthen or a punishment;
or to the State only, as an instrument
which might contribute to the subjecting an individual
to a burthen or a punishment, to which
for the good of the state <add>the law has determined that it is expedient he should be subjected.</add>
[(E) Worth regarding] The value of a thing may be
deemed not worth regarding, if it be such a sort of
a thing as it is to be presumed that a person of common
humanity or and civility would give to any one
who should ask him and be at the trouble of taking
it. As a handful of blackberries or hedge-nuts in a
Identifier: | JB/071/043/003"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 71. |
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071 |
penal code |
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043 |
of theft or stealing |
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003 |
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copy/fair copy sheet |
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recto |
f1 / f2 / f3 / f4 |
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[[watermarks::[gr with crown motif] propatria [britannia motif]]] |
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