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Of Ship-wrecking
Criminal Shipwrecking is where [without lawful cause]
a man is concerned in destroying a navigable
vessel on the water: intending thereby to endanger
the life or damage the property of another to
the amount of £8.[ .. ] having no right so to
do, and knowing that he hath none.
[(Right Lawful cause)] Justifications are
Are as in Inundation
[(Concerned) See Tit. Co-offenders.
{ Destroying] It matters not by what means; whether
for instance by causing the vessel to sink, or causing
it to beat to pieces on the shore.
It shall be deemed for this purpose to be destroy'd
if it be so far damaged as to be unable
to be kept afloat.
Identifier: | JB/071/143/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 71. |
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of ship-wrecking |
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jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::r williams [britannia with shield emblem]]] |
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c. hamilton |
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