Observations on Penal Jurisprudence and the Reformation of Criminals: With an Appendix, Containing the Latest Reports of the State-prisons Or Penitentiaries of Philadelphia, New-York, and Massachusetts, and Other DocumentsT. Cadell and W. Davies and J. and A. Arch, 1819 - 323 من الصفحات |
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... hea- ven . " * • Of all the terms of odium and reproach * Characters of C.J. Fox , by Philopatris Varvicensis , notes , p . 397 . which nations so liberally bestow on each other , there ON PUNISHMENTS OF INFERIOR DEGREE . 61.
... hea- ven . " * • Of all the terms of odium and reproach * Characters of C.J. Fox , by Philopatris Varvicensis , notes , p . 397 . which nations so liberally bestow on each other , there ON PUNISHMENTS OF INFERIOR DEGREE . 61.
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... terms , that it must be acknowledged to be more edi- fying than instructive . Nothing can be said to have been done in this respect , till we have explained in what this pro- portion consists , and by what rules we must be determined in ...
... terms , that it must be acknowledged to be more edi- fying than instructive . Nothing can be said to have been done in this respect , till we have explained in what this pro- portion consists , and by what rules we must be determined in ...
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... term . " This is where , although the offender has been punished , yet on account of some good behaviour of his , dis- played at a time subsequent to that of the com- mencement of the punishment , it may seem ex- pedient to remit a part ...
... term . " This is where , although the offender has been punished , yet on account of some good behaviour of his , dis- played at a time subsequent to that of the com- mencement of the punishment , it may seem ex- pedient to remit a part ...
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... term not exceeding fourteen years , and for a second offence for life . Petty larcenies for a term not exceeding one year ; and persons guilty of a second offence , were to have their punishment augmented for a time not exceeding three ...
... term not exceeding fourteen years , and for a second offence for life . Petty larcenies for a term not exceeding one year ; and persons guilty of a second offence , were to have their punishment augmented for a time not exceeding three ...
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... terms of commit- ment began to expire , or the prisoners were discharged on pardon as reformed , the number of those recommitted for new offences began to increase . This circumstance , combining with the rapid increase of population in ...
... terms of commit- ment began to expire , or the prisoners were discharged on pardon as reformed , the number of those recommitted for new offences began to increase . This circumstance , combining with the rapid increase of population in ...
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الصفحة 140 - And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ. I have fed you with milk, and not with meat : for hitherto ye were not able to bear it, neither yet now are ye able.
الصفحة 57 - Ev'n those who dwell beneath its very zone, Or never feel the rage, or never own ; What happier natures shrink at with affright, The hard inhabitant contends is right. Virtuous and vicious ev'ry man must be, Few in th...
الصفحة 179 - Therefore, do unto all men as ye would they should do unto you : for this is the law and the prophets" Thirdly, Beware of all ostentation of virtue, goodness, or piety.
الصفحة 77 - The subject here presented is one of the most important that can engage the attention of the profession. The volume should be generally read, as the subject-matter is of great importance to society.
الصفحة 42 - It is a kind of quackery in government, and argues a want of solid skill, to apply the same universal remedy, the ultimum supplicium, to every case of difficulty. It is, it must be owned, much easier to extirpate than to amend mankind; yet that magistrate must be esteemed both a weak and a cruel surgeon, who cuts off every limb, which, through ignorance or indolence, he will not attempt to cure.
الصفحة 130 - For this cause also thank we GOD without ceasing, because when ye received the Word of GOD, which ye heard of us, ye received it not as the word of man, but as it is in truth, the Word of GOD, which effectually worketh also in you that believe.
الصفحة 120 - States do not transport convicts; but men are put to labor in the rasp-houses, and women to proper work in the spin-houses — upon this professed maxim, 'MAKE THEM DILIGENT AND THEY WILL BE HONEST.' Great care is taken to give them moral and religious instruction, and reform their manners, for their own and the public good ; and I am well informed that many come out sober and honest.
الصفحة 41 - It is a melancholy truth, that, among the variety of actions which men are daily liable to commit, no less than a hundred and sixty have been declared, by act of parliament, to be felonies without benefit of clergy ; or, in other words, to be worthy of instant death.
الصفحة 58 - His hand is against every man; and every man's hand is against him.
الصفحة 24 - In moderate governments, the love of one's country, shame, and the fear of blame are restraining motives, capable of preventing a multitude of crimes.