JB/071/049/002

Click Here To Edit 26 C Of Theft Question IV

Why the hard labour as to all but a small
part of it is allowed to be commuted into fine?

Reasons

1. Because pecuniary punishment is in
general itself the most eligible kind of punishment.
See Tit [ Imp. pers. Injuries]Quest. i Insomuch that the
only uncertainty of a man's having wherewithal
to undergo it is in this as in many cases the only
reason for having recourse to any other.
To p. 33

Question V

From P. 33
Why a part of the hard labour is reserved
so as not to be commuted for.
Reasons
1. To avoid giving dissatisfaction to the people: meaning
the poorer classes, which as being the most
numerous have the greatest claim the most regard.
To the purpose of marking the offence with infamy the
ignominious part of the punishment is
indeed more peculiarly appropriated. But the punishment
of hard labor comes in for its share
in producing the same effect. It might therefore
form an invidious distinction, if there were any
one sort of punishment which it were in the power
of wealth to exempt a man from and if the rich as

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	071	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	049	Info in main headings field	of theft reasons
Image	002	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f25 / f26 / f27 / f28
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::s. lay [britannia with shield motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	alexander mavrokordatos
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	23452
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