The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death |
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11. oldal
And to this precedent natural power , of individuals , must be referred that right
which some have argued to belong to every state ( though in fact never exercised
by any ) of punishing not only their own subjects , but also foreign ambassadors ...
And to this precedent natural power , of individuals , must be referred that right
which some have argued to belong to every state ( though in fact never exercised
by any ) of punishing not only their own subjects , but also foreign ambassadors ...
98. oldal
These circumstances appeared to demonstration on the trial , and the fellow was
convicted of this atrocious and shocking fact . He received sentence of death . He
was reprieved * before the judge left the town ! ( a ) At an assizes after this , an ...
These circumstances appeared to demonstration on the trial , and the fellow was
convicted of this atrocious and shocking fact . He received sentence of death . He
was reprieved * before the judge left the town ! ( a ) At an assizes after this , an ...
99. oldal
( h ) The perpetrator of the above audacious fact , was an old offender , who had
twice before been indicted , tried , and convicted of highway robbery - once at an
assizes for the same county , in the year 1777 , for robbing a gentleman on the ...
( h ) The perpetrator of the above audacious fact , was an old offender , who had
twice before been indicted , tried , and convicted of highway robbery - once at an
assizes for the same county , in the year 1777 , for robbing a gentleman on the ...
100. oldal
This -Sævior ense Parcendi rabies , so far from deserving the sacred name of
mercy , is in fact the highest cruelty.fm ) * This sentiment is finely touched by our
inimitable Shakespearey - Measure for Measure , Act I. Scene 4 . FRE . It rested
in ...
This -Sævior ense Parcendi rabies , so far from deserving the sacred name of
mercy , is in fact the highest cruelty.fm ) * This sentiment is finely touched by our
inimitable Shakespearey - Measure for Measure , Act I. Scene 4 . FRE . It rested
in ...
108. oldal
The witnesses uniformly , and without a doubt , prove the fact against him . But
perhaps he happens to be young ; it appears to be his first offence ; he has ,
before the fact which is proved against him , had a good character ; he was
drawn in by ...
The witnesses uniformly , and without a doubt , prove the fact against him . But
perhaps he happens to be young ; it appears to be his first offence ; he has ,
before the fact which is proved against him , had a good character ; he was
drawn in by ...
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288. oldal - Whoever sheds the blood of man, by man shall his blood be shed; for God made man in his own image.
17. oldal - 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.
185. oldal - Than the soft myrtle: but man, proud man, Drest in a little brief authority, Most ignorant of what he's most assured, His glassy essence, like an angry ape, Plays such fantastic tricks before high heaven As make the angels weep; who, with our spleens, Would all themselves laugh mortal.
5. oldal - ... therefore, rarely hinders the commission of a crime, but naturally and commonly prevents its detection, and is, if we proceed only upon prudential principles, chiefly for that reason to be avoided. Whatever may be urged by casuists or politicians, the greater part of mankind, as they can never think that to pick the pocket and to pierce the heart is equally criminal, will scarcely believe that two malefactors so different in guilt can be justly doomed to the same punishment...
119. oldal - Wilt thou then not be afraid of the power ? Do that which is good, and thou shalt have praise of the same. For he is a minister of God to thee for good. But if thou do that which is evil, be afraid ; for he beareth not the sword in vain: for he is the minister of God, a revenger to execute wrath upon him that doeth evil.
5. oldal - He who knows not how often rigorous laws produce total impunity, and how many crimes are concealed and forgotten for fear of hurrying the offender to that state in which there is no repentance, has conversed very little with mankind.
16. oldal - If mathematical calculation could be applied to the obscure and infinite combinations of human actions, there might be a corresponding scale of punishments, descending from the greatest to the least: but it will be sufficient that the wise legislator mark the principal divisions, without disturbing the order, lest to crimes of the first degree be assigned punishments of the last.
2. oldal - The learned, the judicious, the pious Boerhaave relates that he never saw a criminal dragged to execution without asking himself: 'Who knows whether this man is not less culpable than me?' On the days when the prisons of this city are emptied into the grave let every spectator of the dreadful procession put the same question to his own heart.
Bibliográfiai információk
| Cím | The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death Making of Modern Law legal treatises |
| Szerző | Basil Montagu |
| Kiadó | Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 |
| Eredeti forrása | a New York-i Közkönyvtár |
| Digitalizálva: | 2007. febr. 9. |
| Terjedelem | 315 oldal |
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