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 432 may oberve, that in all the caes here put, the mater may be frequently a loer by the trut repoed in his ervant, but never can be a gainer: he may frequently be anwerable for his ervant's mibehaviour, but never can helter himelf from punihment by laying the blame on his agent. The reaon of this is till uniform and the ame; that the wrong done by the ervant is looked upon in law as the wrong of the mater himelf; and it is a tanding maxim, that no man hall be allowed to make any advantage of his own wrong.