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4. Of Crimes agt Publick Credit, the most obvious is a publick Chest.
An imposition comd by a naked, gross Lie, without any writing, or any art or contrivance whatsoever, does not fall within this head.

5. The next class of offences are those which are committed agt the persons of individuals.
The first and greatest of these is Homicide. Distinction between Murder & Manslaughter.
If the act was not in any degree the cause of Death, there is no Homicide. If it was, then