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Of Polygamy.

under the auspices of the Laws. She is to be regarded therefore
on the footing of a Widow. In point of reason she ought not to
be regarded in a light in the least degree less favourable.
But popular prejudice is seldom perfectly equitable to
misfortune.

Next with regard to Sharping. It is not always that
a Woman thus imposed upon suffers in her fortune. Perhaps
she had none: the only bait that tempted the Offender was her
person. It is only in case of her having had a fortune, and
that fortune's having been dissipated by the Offender, that she
is a sufferer in this way. In the account of dissipation, so
much as it is supposed she would have expended had she
remained single, must be deducted.

Quest. 1. Why criminal consciousness on the part of the second
Wife is made an Excuse in favour of the Man.

Reasons.

The great mischief lies in the deceit put upon the Woman,
and the disappointment which is apt to be the consequence. But
in this case there is no deceit nor disappointment. It is a joint contrivance

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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	002	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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