The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death, Volume 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1813 - Capital punishment |
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... persons , male or female , who have been transported as criminals to New South Wales since the month of August , 1809 ; specifying the term for which each person was transported , the date and place of conviction , and the time of ...
... persons , male or female , who have been transported as criminals to New South Wales since the month of August , 1809 ; specifying the term for which each person was transported , the date and place of conviction , and the time of ...
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... person . During the debate upon that act it was contended that one of the strongest reasons for the repeal of the law by which death was denounced as the punishment for stealing to the amount of twelve pence privately from the person ...
... person . During the debate upon that act it was contended that one of the strongest reasons for the repeal of the law by which death was denounced as the punishment for stealing to the amount of twelve pence privately from the person ...
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... person than at any former period . It seems , therefore , evident that we may expect more certainty of punishment from the adoption of the laws which it is my wish now to introduce . I , therefore , move for leave to bring in a bill ...
... person than at any former period . It seems , therefore , evident that we may expect more certainty of punishment from the adoption of the laws which it is my wish now to introduce . I , therefore , move for leave to bring in a bill ...
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... person . The proof , however , of these good effects appears to me to be extremely equivocal : so equivocal , that if my honourable and learned friend were not influenced by partiality to his own works , I cannot but doubt whether the ...
... person . The proof , however , of these good effects appears to me to be extremely equivocal : so equivocal , that if my honourable and learned friend were not influenced by partiality to his own works , I cannot but doubt whether the ...
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... persons as it certainly appears to him . But , neither because a general principle may be carried too far nor because my ... person . I stated first that the number of prosecutions had increased ; and secondly that in the same number of ...
... persons as it certainly appears to him . But , neither because a general principle may be carried too far nor because my ... person . I stated first that the number of prosecutions had increased ; and secondly that in the same number of ...
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