The Works of William Paley: With a Life, Volume 2F. C. and J. Rivington, 1821 |
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... whole system of penal juris- prudence , that the facility with which any spe- cies of crimes is perpetrated , has been generally deemed a reason for aggravating the punishment . Thus , sheep - stealing , horse - stealing , the stealing ...
... whole system of penal juris- prudence , that the facility with which any spe- cies of crimes is perpetrated , has been generally deemed a reason for aggravating the punishment . Thus , sheep - stealing , horse - stealing , the stealing ...
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... whole le- gislature be suffered to determine that boundary , and assign these rules ; yet the mitigation of pu- nishment , the exercise of lenity , may without dan- ger be intrusted to the executive magistrate , whose discretion will ...
... whole le- gislature be suffered to determine that boundary , and assign these rules ; yet the mitigation of pu- nishment , the exercise of lenity , may without dan- ger be intrusted to the executive magistrate , whose discretion will ...
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... whole class of offences to which they belong be subjected to pains of death , and no power of re- mitting this severity remain any where , the exe- cution of the laws will become more sanguinary than the public compassion would endure ...
... whole class of offences to which they belong be subjected to pains of death , and no power of re- mitting this severity remain any where , the exe- cution of the laws will become more sanguinary than the public compassion would endure ...
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... whole class to the same condemnation . There is however one species of crimes , the making of which capital can hardly , I think , be defended even upon the comprehensive principle just now stated ; —I mean that of privately stealing ...
... whole class to the same condemnation . There is however one species of crimes , the making of which capital can hardly , I think , be defended even upon the comprehensive principle just now stated ; —I mean that of privately stealing ...
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... whole , or a portion , of the earnings to the prisoner's use , and I would debar him from any other provision or supply ; that his subsistence , however coarse and penurious , may be propor- tioned to his diligence , and that he may ...
... whole , or a portion , of the earnings to the prisoner's use , and I would debar him from any other provision or supply ; that his subsistence , however coarse and penurious , may be propor- tioned to his diligence , and that he may ...
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