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57
C
Of Offence Falshoods in general

committs the principal offence to commit Forgery or
Perjury along with it, the Legislator transfers upon
the former the shock of ignimony naturally connected
with the latter. Thus it is that the legislator by
ways and means not observed heeded by
the people and sometimes perhaps hardly by himself, increases
an empire not only over their conduct but over
their affections, making up for their ignorances,
and pressing their prejudices into his service (a).

A word or two may be of use in vindication Reasons justifying the application of the extra punishments in question to all cases of delinquency by falshood
of the extra punishment idea here adopted
of considering treating the circumstance of falshood
in all cases upon the footing of an aggravation,
and alloting to it in all cases a punishment so
severe as that of ignimony. many cases most In many cases if
we had it should be asked how in what respect it is that
the intervention of this circumstance adds any thing to this mischief.

NOTE

(a) The expedients in question have likewise another use:
viz: the catalysing and punishing better evidence
than might otherwise be to be had, of the fact of the
offence: but this is not to the present purpose

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	071	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	070	Info in main headings field	of falshoods in general
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f51 / f52 / f53 / f54
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::s. lay [britannia with shield emblem]]]
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	alexander mavrokordatos
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23473
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