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heavier degree as for Adultery.

Punishment for Single Polygamy in A Married Woman. If a married Woman commit Polygamy with a single
man, he not knowing her to be married, she shall be punished
in a heavier degree as for Adultery.

Punishment for double Polygamy. If a married Man and a married Woman commit
Polygamy together they shall be punished in a heavier degree
as for double Adultery.

Observations.

Polygamy on the part of the Man is an aggravated
species of fraud. This Fraud may have two Objects; the person of
the deluded Woman, or her fortune. It is a compound as it were
of two other crimes, Seduction and Defraudment The mischief of it
however does not stand perfectly and necessarily upon a par with
that of either of those crimes.

First with regard to Seduction. The disgrace brought upon
the Woman by Polygamy is not so great as that which is brought
upon her by Seduction. Her chastity remains unstained. She
has been unfortunate but not culpable. She has parted indeed
with that treasure which can never be regained; but it was
under

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	071	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	106	Info in main headings field	of polygamy
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f5 / f6 / f7 / f8
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::myears [lion with crown motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	caroline fox
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23509
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