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PUNISHMENT. RECOGNIZANCES.
Prevention is by methods }
Subsequent operations Punishment in general
Anticipation
Proced
Recognizances
which are { General - Frank
Pledge
Special {Precedent to
any conviction
Subsequent
of Frank-pledge — wherein 1t of Actions against the
County — 2d Proposed to be revised in the
case of Jews.
Actions against the County answer the purpose
rather of compensation than of Prevention :
each man's share of suffering being so minute
& distant.
Recognizance has contributes to it's end in two distinct
ways
In the first it may be considered as a reduction of an
uncertain punishment to a certainty with a view to
augment it's force upon the imagination: Objection - expectations by uncertainty are magnified Answ. But here the Punishment is already limited on the end of Excess by the opinion of the prudence of the Judge. this then ensures it's effect by tak limiting it on the side of deficiency
In the 2d, is an oppositional of special Watchmen.
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PUNISHMENT RECOGNIZANCE. Jews.
Instance of a dedommagement that might be given to Jews for making
them answerable for each other
Ann. Reg. 1771. p. 111. June. Copenhagen May 7.
The Jews, who are very numerous here, have obtained liberty to
construct a Synagogue , and have obtained other privileges.
They are also allowed to punish Delinquents according to their
Law , & to settle the satisfaction to be made to this amount
of 50 Rixdollars.
Identifier: | JB/050/027/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 50.
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