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4 C

Of Exemptions from Punishment Reasons

the sight of the punishment instead of keeping
up their indignation against the offender,
would turn the current of it against those who
appeared concerned in the infliction of it; that
is against the law, and the ministers of the law.

2. Nor on the other hand on in the very rare
and particular case in question are the punishments
in question to be regarded as absolutely
needful. The purpose of disabling the offender
from doing any such mischief in future will may
be sufficiently answer'd by the chronical
punishments: and with a view to others
the purpose of exemplarity may be sufficiently
answer'd by the executions that will come
to be performed in ordinary cases. The shewy
part of the punishment may be dispensed with,
with little comparative inconvenience, so long
as there is real punishment enough left to
outweigh the profit of the offence. It is not necessary to keep up faith in the general rule: an exception in this ground affording no prospect of

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	098	Main Headings	penal code
Folio number	010	Info in main headings field	of exemptions from punishment reasons
Image	004	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f1 / f2 / f3 / f4
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::r williams [britannia with shield motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	c. hamilton
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	31618
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