The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death |
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4. oldal
... by the last act of cruelty , no new danger is incurred , and greater security may
be obtained , upon what principle shall we bid them forbear ? It may be urged ,
that the sentence is often mitigated to simple robbery ; but surely this is to confess
...
... by the last act of cruelty , no new danger is incurred , and greater security may
be obtained , upon what principle shall we bid them forbear ? It may be urged ,
that the sentence is often mitigated to simple robbery ; but surely this is to confess
...
15. oldal
The laws of the Roman kings , and the twelve tables of the decemviri , were full of
cruel punish : ments : the Porcian law , which exempted all citizens from sentence
of death , silently abrogated them all . In this period the republic flourished ...
The laws of the Roman kings , and the twelve tables of the decemviri , were full of
cruel punish : ments : the Porcian law , which exempted all citizens from sentence
of death , silently abrogated them all . In this period the republic flourished ...
28. oldal
Basil Montagu. punishments to many kinds of offences , but inflicts it only upon a
few examples of each kind . The latter of these two methods has been long
adopted in this country , where , of those who receive sentence of death ,
scarcely one ...
Basil Montagu. punishments to many kinds of offences , but inflicts it only upon a
few examples of each kind . The latter of these two methods has been long
adopted in this country , where , of those who receive sentence of death ,
scarcely one ...
29. oldal
By the number of statutes creating capital offences , it sweeps into the net every
crime , which under any possible circumstances may merit the punishment of
death ; but when the execution of this sentence comes to be deliberated upon , a
...
By the number of statutes creating capital offences , it sweeps into the net every
crime , which under any possible circumstances may merit the punishment of
death ; but when the execution of this sentence comes to be deliberated upon , a
...
31. oldal
Transportation , which is the sentence second in the order of severity , appears to
me to answer the purpose of example very imperfectly ; not only because exile is
in reality a slight punishment to those , who have neither property , nor friends ...
Transportation , which is the sentence second in the order of severity , appears to
me to answer the purpose of example very imperfectly ; not only because exile is
in reality a slight punishment to those , who have neither property , nor friends ...
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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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