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Sentence - Distinction between manufacture, seller and person in possession for his own use. - When the Legislature has laid down a maximum punishment for an offence or a series of offences, it is the duty of the trial Court to apportion punishment in each case after considering all the circumstances having a bearing upon it, and not to shirk its responsibility by imposing the maximum penalty upon every offender. There ought to be a distinction between a manufacturer or seller of an excisable article, who not only derives profit from the transaction but also dem2ralises other people, and a person who possesses it for his own use, for awarding sentences.