JB/071/162/002

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10 C

Frauds relative to the Coin.

portion of matter on which such stamp has been put by such
authority, if, in a word, he either applies to any such piece a document +
+ See Tit. [Forgery]
purporting to have been executed by a person by whom it
was not executed, or alters a document which has been executed by
the proper person, he commits in either case, a particular kind
of Forgery. The profit arises from the difference in point of
value, between the counterfeit or diminished Coin, and the
genuine or entire, for which it is intended to be passed.

Improperly treated as Treason. This offence has commonly been stiled Treason, and,
in many respects, treated as if it were so. But with as much
propriety it might have been called by any other odious
name. It is not committed with the views, nor has it any of the
effects, of Treason. When a man coins false money it is not
to usurp power, but property. It is not like Treason the Crime
of the Courtier or of the Soldier or of the Lawyer: but of the Artizan.
It is a crime not of ambition nor of conscience, but of rapacity.
If it were not for the gain a Man could have no Motive
to commit it. (a) These

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Identifier: | JB/071/162/002"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	162	Info in main headings field	frauds relative to the coin
Image	002	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f9 / f10 / f11 / f12
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::myears [lion with crown motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	caroline fox
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23565
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