Paul’s doctrine, that he who offends in one point is guilty of the
whole law, is illustrated in this anecdote:
A notary public was convicted of forgery and sentenced to be
hanged; and being asked if he had anything to say why sentence
of death should not be passed, remarked that it was very hard
that he should be hanged just for one line, considering the
thousands of harmless sheets he had written in the course of his
life. (Text.)--CROAKE JAMES, “Curiosities of Law and
Lawyers.”
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