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Pt IV . 43 C Of Frauds relative to the Coin. Reasons

2. The primary mischief is just the same. It may appear at

Note

is designed to serve stand as a mere temporary measure for the purpose of remedying
a mere temporary inconvenience. In this case if proper measures
be taken for making it universally known by proclamations and other
means, a general Law against putting off bad money, backed by
a moderate punishment, may have its use. It may especially be
of use with respect to any particular species of Coin immediately after
a general reformation of that species of Coin . The Coin being then fresh
and beautiful, if any one offers in payment any of the old and counterfeit
trash, it will be clear that he does it with his eyes open: it
may in that case be very proper to employ punishment to deter
him. But then the punishment should be moderate: it should not include
an exemplary degree of infamy; it should be such as puts
the offence upon the footing not of an act of moral turpitude, but
merely of an act of political delinquency; a distinction which the Legislator
should on all occasions be careful to keep in view. But even
this punishment it would be improper to keep on foot, after the exigency which occasioned the demand is at an end: that exigency over; the
Law is forgotten: after which it acts no longer not as a remedy but only as a
snare.

Identifier: | JB/071/180/003"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	180	Info in main headings field	of frauds relative to the coin
Image	003	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f41 / f42 / f43 / f44
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::myears [lion with crown motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	caroline fox
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23583
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