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C 1.

Of criminal Inundation

Criminal Inundation is where without
lawful cause (A) a man is concerned (B) in laying
a country under water; intending (C) thereby to
endanger the life or damage the property of
another to the amount of [L.S. 100 (D)] having no
right so to do, and knowing that he hath none.

[(A) Lawful cause] Justifications.
Are the same as in Incendiarism.
[(B) Concerned] See Tit. [Of Associates in Delinquency Co-offenders.]
[(C) Intending] It matters not whether the Intention
be direct or indirect.
[(D) L S 100] If it be short of that amount it is
only criminal devastation. destruction. See Incendiarism.

For criminal Inundation the offender's
punishment shall be as follows

1. He shall be punished with the water
torture once or oftner and for a longer or a shorter
time according to the quantity of the damage.
By water was his crime: he offended; by water he shall be
tormented his punishment.

2. In other respects he shall be punished as for

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Identifier: | JB/071/144/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 71.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	071	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	144	Info in main headings field	of criminal inundation
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f1 / f2 / f3 / f4
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::[gr with crown motif] propatria [britannia motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23547
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