JB/150/609/002

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occasions than one in the course of the present Papers Observations
never making it necessary to the Magistrate to doeitherV. Penalties &c
hard thing to do a hard thing either to innocent or guilty in any case in which
some special and serious danger, he can be Penalty
entrusted with the power requisite to enable him
to steer clear of both those inconveniences. To
keep the Magistrate in the right road, in many
cases where words of obligation would run counter
to the purpose, words of direction and instruction
would be as use serviceable as the use of them isthey are unexceptionable.
Of these the use is not yet so frequent
as it were to be wished. It being the peculiar
provinceprivilege of the legislator to command, it the exclusive function
would be a departure from character (it seems to
be thought) if he were to move the pen for any other
purpose: and thus it is it happens that the Magistrate is so
often left without direction, where direction is all where obligation would do more harm than good.
he wants, but where for want of direction he
is liable continually to miss his way, merely
for want of knowing what the legislator has in
view.

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Identifier: | JB/150/609/002"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	609	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	b14 / d14 / f183
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	50830
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