Essay on the Penal Law of PennsylvaniaLaw Academy, 1827 - 69 halaman |
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Halaman 10
... inflicted for what are con- sidered the minor offences , even for theft . The Porcian law which succeeded it , with a forbearance very seldom seen among Pagans , ordained that no Roman citizen should be put to death for any crime ...
... inflicted for what are con- sidered the minor offences , even for theft . The Porcian law which succeeded it , with a forbearance very seldom seen among Pagans , ordained that no Roman citizen should be put to death for any crime ...
Halaman 13
... infliction of severe or oppressive punishments . His " Great Law , " promulgated nearly a century and a half ago , presents ... inflicted for rape , to which was likewise superadded , the forfeiture of one third of the offender's estate ...
... infliction of severe or oppressive punishments . His " Great Law , " promulgated nearly a century and a half ago , presents ... inflicted for rape , to which was likewise superadded , the forfeiture of one third of the offender's estate ...
Halaman 14
... inflict death . This statute , so opposite in regard to penalties to the former code , carrics with it very little to sustain the propriety of Dr. Franklin's panegyric as to the excellence of the laws of the province during the ...
... inflict death . This statute , so opposite in regard to penalties to the former code , carrics with it very little to sustain the propriety of Dr. Franklin's panegyric as to the excellence of the laws of the province during the ...
Halaman 15
... inflicted after the laws of Penn : " the severity of our criminal law is an exotic plant , and not the native growth of Pennsylvania . It has been endured , but I believe has never been a favourite . The religious opinions of many of ...
... inflicted after the laws of Penn : " the severity of our criminal law is an exotic plant , and not the native growth of Pennsylvania . It has been endured , but I believe has never been a favourite . The religious opinions of many of ...
Halaman 17
... inflicted a lingering and most excruciating death by what was called peine forte et dure . The punishment of twenty - one lashes , imprisonment and branding , inflicted by a special act of 1705 for adultery , was commuted for a fine not ...
... inflicted a lingering and most excruciating death by what was called peine forte et dure . The punishment of twenty - one lashes , imprisonment and branding , inflicted by a special act of 1705 for adultery , was commuted for a fine not ...
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Halaman 65 - Behold, thou hast driven me out this day from the face of the earth; and from thy face shall I be hid; and I shall be a fugitive and a vagabond in the earth; and it shall come to pass, that every one that findeth me shall slay me.
Halaman 46 - The leaves of my memorandum-book were often so tainted, that I could not use it till after spreading it an hour or two before the fire. And even my antidote, a vial of vinegar, has after using it in a few prisons, become intolerably disagreeable.
Halaman 50 - ... when intermingled with all these, in one corrupt and corrupting assemblage were to be found the disgusting object of popular contempt, besmeared with filth from the pillory — the unhappy victim of the lash, streaming with blood from the whipping post — the half naked vagrant — the loathsome drunkard — the sick, suffering from various bodily pains, and too often the unaneled malefactor...
Halaman 67 - Put up again thy sword into his place ; for all they that take the sword shall perish with the sword.
Halaman 46 - Many who went in healthy, are in a few months changed to emaciated dejected objects. Some are seen pining under diseases, "sick, and in prison"; expiring on the floors, in loathsome cells, of pestilential fevers, and the confluent smallpox...
Halaman 15 - An act lo amend the penal laws of this state," burning in the hand, cutting off the ears, nailing the ear or ears to the pillory, placing in and upon the pillory, whipping or imprisonment for life...
Halaman 64 - But to maintain the idea of an injunction in the passage, they are driven to the most monstrous contradictions.
Halaman 11 - ... in linen bags, to prevent their knowing which way they had passed ; robberies were committed in all parts, the bellies of horses were ripped open, to bring their riders to the ground ; and coaches were overturned in order to strip the ladies.
Halaman 50 - What a spectacle must this abode of guilt and wretchedness have presented, when in one common herd were kept, by day and by night, prisoners of all ages, colours, and sexes ! No separation was made of the most flagrant offender and convict, from the prisoner who might perhaps be falsely suspected of some trifling misdemeanor; — none of the old and hardened culprit, from the youthful and trembling novice in crime...
Halaman 47 - All prisons shall be workhouses for felons, thiefs, vagrants, and loose, abusive and idle persons, whereof one shall be in every county. "Gaolers shall not oppress their prisoners, and all prisons shall be free as to room, and all prisoners shall have liberty to provide themselves bedding, food, and other necessaries, during their imprisonment, except such whose punishment by law, will not admit of that liberty.