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16. C Of Culpable Insolvency.

hundreds more into a loathsome pest-house.

Absurdity of the Occasional Laws for relief of Debtors. Sometimes indeed Insolvents are discharged; but this is
not in the settled course of Law: there needs a Law on purpose.
Interrogative form In a Law of this kind neither the delinquency nor the suffering
of the Insolvent, nor the necessity of the Creditor are thought
of, but only the fullness of the Prison. The benefit of it is given
to some; it is capriciously denied to others. The object being
to clear the Gaol, the prisoners are let out all at once. Once
in four or five or six Years, Justice is in season. Whether the
debt were large or small, whether the Debtor were innocent,
culpable or criminal, whether he had suffered Twenty days
or Twenty Years, all these things make no difference. He is
then let out upon condition of making that discovery voluntarily
which he ought to have been compelled to make in the
first instance.

Different treatment given to Bankrupts and their Creditors . If the insolvent is a Trader, his treatment is very different.
If a certain number of persons who are Creditors to a
certain Amount will take certain steps, he is then declared a
Bankrupt. He is then exempted from going to Jail, but he
is compelled in the first instance to discover and surrender his
Effects. In

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	071	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	192	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	f13 / f14 / f15 / f16
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::myears [lion with crown motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	caroline fox
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23595
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