JB/071/160/002

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2. Pt. II. C Frauds relative to the Coin

2. Cases where the intent may not be fraudulent, viz; 1. Experiment Accordingly a piece of genuine coin is not diminished with
a fraudulent intent if the diminution be effected only in the
way of experiment for the advancement of science: for instance
by assaying the piece or exposing it to a partial dissolution,
taking care afterwards not to pass it off as if it were undiminished.

3 2. Curiosity. Or any how in the in any way of curiosity; as by taking the half of
one piece of coin and causing it to screw on to the correspondent
half of another piece of coin.

[(AA) Profit] 4 Where, having received diminished or counterfeit
Coin at the same Value as if it had been undiminished and
genuine, a man utters it as if it were genuine and undiminished,
in the view only of saving himself from a loss, and
not in the view of making any profit upon the whole, his
intent is not to be deemed fraudulent : nor shall he be criminally responsible. A man shall not be criminally responsible
for putting off bad Coin which he has innocently received.

5. Fraud not to be presumed. If a man offers bad money only a piece or two or a few pieces

Identifier: | JB/071/160/002"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 71.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	071	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	160	Info in main headings field	frauds /relative to the coin / upon the coinage/
Image	002	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f1 / f2 / f3 / f4
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::myears [lion with crown motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	caroline fox
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23563
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