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

only be practised upon a chance opportunity for the sake of
a small and transient Profit.

In this respect, this offence stands upon nearly the footing
with that of Cheating by false Weights and Measures: with this
difference that the Offender is not likely to be so responsible in
the former Case as in the latter. The Stock and Substance
of the Tradesman who sells the produce of the labour of a multitude
of workmen, is in general much greater, than that of the
workman whose dealings are confined to the produce of his
own.

No danger in making the Punishment greater than for Robbery. Robbery being an Offence against Property and Person both
is a much more mischievous offence than Theft or any Fraud upon
Property or, in short, than any offence against Person and Property
alone. It would therefore be a very mischievous measure to turn
a Thief into a Robber. Such would be the case if the Punishment
for Theft were severer than that of Robbery. For these
are Crimes that are apt constantly to come in competition; crimes
to the temptation of which the same person is apt to be exposed.
A Thief or a Sharper who has followed his occupation for a length of

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	071	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	183	Info in main headings field	of frauds relative to the coin
Image	004	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f53 / f54 / f55 / f56
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::myears [lion with crown motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	caroline fox
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23586
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