PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE LAW ACADEMY OF PHILADELPHIA.

A very slight reflection on the numberless unforeseen events which a day may bring
forth, will be sufficient to show that we are all liable to the imputation of guilt; and
consequently all interested, not only in the protection of innocence, but in the assign-
ment to every particular offence, of the smallest punishment compatible with the safety
of society.-Eden's Principles of Penal Law, p. 330.