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Pt IV . 37 C Of frauds relative to the Coin. Reasons

- the same ; or at least so nearly alike , that it seems to be hardly worth

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Innocent Deceit number of instances in which counterfeit Coin is passed off, although
it be ever so true that the man who passed it off knew
it to be counterfeit, it will be impossible to prove as much by
any external evidence; if then external evidence is required, the
facility of evading the Law will be such as to strip it of all
its efficacy: if no external evidence is required, but the knowledge
is left to be inferred and that conclusively from the mere
appearance of the piece of money, it is exposing a Man to suffer for a transaction in which (in one way of considering it)
he may not have done any thing amiss at all ; and in the other,
no more than what almost any man might do without
supposing himself to have done any thing amiss.

This is enough to stand effectually in the way of any
punishment that can be employed against an Offence so circumstanced.

— Another Provision inferring Complicity from other Circumstances. Another provision in the same statute seems at least
equally open to exception . If any person shall tender in payment
any counterfeit money (knowing it to be so) and shall either
the same day or within two days after, knowing tender either

Identifier: | JB/071/169/001"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	169	Info in main headings field	of frauds relative to the coin
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f37 / f38 / f39 / f40
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::myears [lion with crown motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	caroline fox
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23572
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