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CHANCE, accident. As the law punishes a crime only when there is an intention to commit it, it follows that when those acts are done in a lawful business or pursuit by mere chance or accident, which would have been criminal if there had been an intention, express or implied, to commit them, there is no crime. For example, if workmen were employed in blasting rocks in a retired field, and a person not knowing of the circumstance should enter the field, and be killed by a piece of the rock, there would be no guilt in the workmen. 1 East, P. C. 262 Poster, 262; 1 Hale's P. C. 472; 4 Bl. Com. 192. Vide Accident. |
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On the off chance there might be a disease or insect infestation responsible for the die-back, the arborist will be able to recognize that, too. If, on the off chance the ore body is not as plentiful as once thought, the company is confident it can at least recoup their investment from the minerals and transfer the hoists and heavy equipment to areas where minerals are abundant. On the off chance they're caught, they're let off with a slap on the wrist - few, if any, are even prosecuted. |
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