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PUNISHMENT. It's measure profit

The Pain + + Thus for the principle — for the details — the damage Punishment must [in all cases] be superior
to every the possible profit pleasure of the Crime taking the word profit in a large sense & not merely as confined to money, and that not merely the ordinary — but every possible pleasure that is the pleasure in every individual case: for if it &c — if it
comes short of it in any case, there one, that sum whereby it will remain
after the Law falls short is executed a clear motion adequate
to the difference for the committing it by to which nothing is opposed.
The consequence, as far as depends on upon the Law, is
obvious —

Hence we may see the weakness of fixing
(as was done by the Saxon Laws) Every man's head had there a certain price from the Peasant to the King: That of the Latter by the Laws of ... was settled at 30,000 Thrinsas a stated
pecuniary penalty for Murder & many as well as for several other atrocious
crimes — The consequence of which, institution if it's observance
could be have depended upon, would have been.

PUNISHM.T MEASURE. Limit [1[ ] downwards. Inferior.y to Profit.

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PUNISHMENT - Measure - AEstimation

Even if the due proportion between punishments & Crimes should not make have any effect in of the latter from a higher to a lower degree still there is &c. There is a certain exterior property of comeliness which the
Law ought to possess, in order to justify & secure
the affection of her Children — That Law
as that Parent, which is most reveranced &
loved, will be the best obeyed. expectation of the people.

PUNISHMENT Measure - Popularity.

Identifier: | JB/096/183/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 96.
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Box	096	Main Headings	punishment
Folio number	183	Info in main headings field	[[info_in_main_headings_field::punishmt measure limit downwards inferior[it]y to profit]]
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Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::[partial britannia & other motif]]]
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