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Of Defraudment by begging

produces any apprehension worth regarding.

One inconvenience an offence of this sort has
a tendency to produce, which may be placed to
the account of the mischief of the third order.
When a man has been thus imposed upon, he
is apt to be suspicious, and to close his heart
against any address which is made to his compassion.
An incident of this sort and has a natural
tendency to blunt the sensibility of his disposition,
and damp the warmth of his benevolence.
It also At any rate it lessens his pecuniary ability. to afford
relief to the distressed: so much as he has given to
the impostor, so much less has he to give to those
whose claim is unexceptionable.

It is to be observed, that in addition to
the fraud, there is almost always in such cases
the offence of idleness, which almost always adheres as of
accompanies course to the occupation of a beggar. See
Tit. [Idleness]

Question II

Why an action q act of this sort is treated
upon the footing of the an offence.

Reasons.

See Question I.

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Identifier: | JB/071/147/003"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 71.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	1-2
Box	071	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	147	Info in main headings field	of defraudment by begging
Image	003	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f1 / f2 / f3 / f4
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::s. lay [britannia with shield motif]]]
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	alexander mavrokordatos
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23550
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