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4. C Of Culpable Insolvency

Punishment for Insolvency fraudulent ab initio. Punishment may be of the same nature as for Sharping ordinary Defraudment.. In very
atrocious cases it may be treated in point of punishment
altogether upon the same footing. But in general the vague intention
of paying at some time or other, though upon improbable
contingencies, may be accepted as an excuse extenuation.. In this Case, instead
of the ignominious punishment for sharping, the Offender
might be made to wear a coat of a particular appearance
to be called the knavish Insolvent's Coat. (a) (a) In Scotland it has been the custom for Insolvents without distinction to wear a coat of a particular appearance. See Stairs Institute. Of late the custom seems to have fallen into .

Punishment for Insolvency through Rashness ab initio. For Insolvency through Rashness ab initio the Offender
might be made to wear a for a certain time a coat of a particular
appearance to be called the Rash Insolvent's or The Adventurer's Coat.

Punishment for Insolvency through Prodigality or Gaming. For Insolvency through Prodigality the Offender might
be made to wear for a certain time a Coat of a particular appearance
to be called the Prodigal's Coat. If any part of the
Prodigality had consisted in Gaming the appearance of the
Coat might be varied accordingly, and it might be called The
Gaming Prodigal's Coat. To this might be added solitary confinement
to hard labour and sparse diet, for not more than three
Months ,(a) at the direction discretion of the Judge. For

Note.

(a) [Three Months] The term which is the least to which a man can be sentenced for Theft. V. Tit [Theft]

Identifier: | JB/071/189/004"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	189	Info in main headings field	of culpable insolvency
Image	004	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	23592
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