JB/087/055/004

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Indirect Legislation

8 Non-seductive

Rewards to accomplices

A whale has no arms resource against a mite. After all, the The t real
objection against it truth of the matter in this case is that is attended
with some danger inconvenience and no advantage. With no ad-
-vantage: for why a man first to death will -vantage: I mean if the reward is offer'd for the killing simply &
not for apprehending: for why will not not the seizure of the person be sufficient? why take
the business out of the hands of the ordinary executioner? With
some inconvenience: for being harsh it will be apt
to be unpopular: especially with those who see consider that
it is unnecessary: besides it may endanger innocence:
the person of the victim may be mistaken
upon The punishment is not perhaps of that mode will scarcely be just the same as
which you think the best you would think the fittest for his case : it is not attended with
the solemnities upon which depends a considerable
part of the good effects of punishment: it is not attended
with the ignominy: you treat him rather as an
enemy than as a criminal. You preclude yourself
from hearing such pleas as [he might have to urge might serve to indicate the
in extenuation of propriety of his guilt: or as grounds for] exempting
him from punishment: for as to his guilt,
that including after allowance made for all circumstances
of extenuation as well as aggravation
attending that may have accompanied it, I take for granted has
been settled by a trial. In the event of his having
accomplices, you debar yourself of the chance which
you might otherwise have of coming at them by his
means.

Identifier: | JB/087/055/004 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 87.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	087	Main Headings	indirect legislation
Folio number	055	Info in main headings field	indirect legislation
Image	004	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f5 / f6 / f7 / f8
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::gr [crown motif] [britannia with shield motif]]]
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Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	27580
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