The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death, Volume 3Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1813 - Capital punishment |
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... present session , what means are likely to be most beneficial for carrying into effect the acts of the 19th and 34th of his present Majesty's reign , which relate to the establish- ment and regulation of penitentiary houses : but , as I ...
... present session , what means are likely to be most beneficial for carrying into effect the acts of the 19th and 34th of his present Majesty's reign , which relate to the establish- ment and regulation of penitentiary houses : but , as I ...
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... present ; and upon the division it was negatived by a majority of only two members . The third bill for stealing to the amount of forty shillings on navigable rivers was adjourned from day to day until it was evident that there was not ...
... present ; and upon the division it was negatived by a majority of only two members . The third bill for stealing to the amount of forty shillings on navigable rivers was adjourned from day to day until it was evident that there was not ...
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... present , have not any intention to propose to the house any measures but those which I last year and which I now submit to your consideration ; with the exception , performed in some degree by the honest and liberal practice of a ...
... present , have not any intention to propose to the house any measures but those which I last year and which I now submit to your consideration ; with the exception , performed in some degree by the honest and liberal practice of a ...
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... present inquiry : an inquiry which , differing as I may in the conclusions at which my honourable friend has arrived , originates , I am convinced , in the purest motives , in an endea- vour to improve the laws to which he has devoted ...
... present inquiry : an inquiry which , differing as I may in the conclusions at which my honourable friend has arrived , originates , I am convinced , in the purest motives , in an endea- vour to improve the laws to which he has devoted ...
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... present punish- ment is regarded almost as impunity , be committed with more audacity ? To this conclusion the same magistrates have also arrived . Whether they are right or whether my honourable and learned friend is right : whether ...
... present punish- ment is regarded almost as impunity , be committed with more audacity ? To this conclusion the same magistrates have also arrived . Whether they are right or whether my honourable and learned friend is right : whether ...
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