The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death |
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7. oldal
It has been proved to you that his connections , his character , his religious
persuasion , would all have united to shelter him from suspicion ; it has also been
proved that I was lame from my birth ; that I am feeble ; that I had exasperated him
by ...
It has been proved to you that his connections , his character , his religious
persuasion , would all have united to shelter him from suspicion ; it has also been
proved that I was lame from my birth ; that I am feeble ; that I had exasperated him
by ...
13. oldal
But indeed , were capital punishments proved by * experience to be a sure and
effectual remedy , that would not prove the necessity ( upon which the justice and
propriety deGrandinstructions for framing a new code of laws for the Russian ...
But indeed , were capital punishments proved by * experience to be a sure and
effectual remedy , that would not prove the necessity ( upon which the justice and
propriety deGrandinstructions for framing a new code of laws for the Russian ...
14. oldal
For instance , the damage done to our public roads by loaded waggons is
universally allowed , and many laws have been made to prevent it ; none of
which have hitherto proved effectual . But it does not therefore follow , that it
would be just ...
For instance , the damage done to our public roads by loaded waggons is
universally allowed , and many laws have been made to prevent it ; none of
which have hitherto proved effectual . But it does not therefore follow , that it
would be just ...
86. oldal
Their extreme severity , in rendering such a multitude of crimes capital , which
juries can never be made to believe are of that nature , in point of actual atrocity ,
bas proved a very serious misfortunc to the country , in the administration of ...
Their extreme severity , in rendering such a multitude of crimes capital , which
juries can never be made to believe are of that nature , in point of actual atrocity ,
bas proved a very serious misfortunc to the country , in the administration of ...
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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