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Inserenda
Observations
VI. Miscellanea
(2) §.48
107
Calendar of
Delinquency

But further still, in cases of this kind, it is scarcely in the nature
of any measure whatever, to compass its end to
a degree of absolute perfection: say then that the effect
of such an establishment would be - -[+] not to put an [+] (or say that it has been-)
end to highway Robberies altogether - for that would
be next to a miracle - but to reduce the amount
of the loss from £20,000 a year to £10,000, or
£5,000: that is to strike off £10,000 or £15,000
from the amount of it the loss. On this further view, the The evid indication
presented by this channel of investigation appears to
still less favourable to the supposed establishment measure.
supposed. On the other hand, neither is highway robbery
the only kind of offencedeliquency against which the establishment
in question would operate as a preservative, (though
it is certainly by far the most considerable kind nor in the case of
highway robbery does the amount of the<add>sum total of the</add> pecuniary loss constitute the the amount of sum
total of the mischief of the offence: for the general
apprehension in the neighbourhood of a road on which robberies
are frequent, and the restraint on travelling which
is the fruit of itsto a certain degree will be the result of such apprehension, remain to be added to the account.
These items unfortunately are not to be had in figures: And have
but hence only, arise those incommensurable quantities
by the amount of which the conclusions
obtainablededucible from this source of information will fall short, in
point of certainty and precision of those which are
rest in their whole extent on the basis of mathematical
demonstration.

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Identifier: | JB/150/601/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 150.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	107
Box	150	Main Headings	police bill
Folio number	601	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d6 / f175
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	g & ep 1794
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	fr3
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1794
Notes public		ID Number	50822
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