Though all crimes be in their own nature public, yet there is a distinction between crimes really public and those that are private, which are so called because they are more injurious to individuals than to the community.
Delitu guztiak berez publikoak izan arren, delitu publiko-publikoak eta delitu pribatuak bereizten dira; honela deitzen zaie hauei, norbanako bat ez baina gizarte osoa iraintzen dutelako.