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Then it would be necessary, in an indictment, to set out the kind of book stolen, and no man could be lawfully punished for the weightier offence who had only committed the lighter.
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gutenberg.orgHorace Mann: “Then it would be necessary, in an indictment, to set out the kind of book stolen, and no man could be lawfully punished…”
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Mann illustrates the necessity of specifying the type of property involved in a theft to ensure fair legal proceedings.
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