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C 3
Of Incendiarism.
intention were direct or indirect. See Tit: Of Intentions.
2. It is to be presumed that the intention
was to endanger human life if the offender
had good reason to think that such would
be the consequence. As if fire were applied
to a House or other dwelling in the time of
sleep, or if at any other time a person were
confined to a room within the reach of the
fire.
[(E) £S, 100] 1. If it be to an amount short
of this it is only criminal devastation.
2. Whether it were the intention of
the offender to do mischief to so great an amount
or not is to be collected from the circumstances
of the place: such as the quantity of building
contiguous or near adjacent: as if it be in
the street of a town or village; or even in a
House standing by itself, if the value of it
together with its contents be to that amount.
Identifier: | JB/071/141/003"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 71. |
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penal code |
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141 |
of incendiarism |
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003 |
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copy/fair copy sheet |
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