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as trifling or as severe as he pleases; He may
make of derive from this power a source of revenue. So that
the offender will be punished not in proportion to
his offence, but to his poverty. If he has been
unfortunate, and not able to secure his plunder
or honest and has voluntarily given it up, and
so thus has nothing left to make a sop for Cerberus
he suffers the rigour, perhaps more than the rigour
of the Law. Good fortune and perseverance in
dishonesty, would have enabled him to buy indulgence.

The following contrivance would in
measure, obviate this inconvenience. A machine might be made, which should
put in motion certain elastic rods of
cane or whalebone the number and size of
which might be determined by the JudgeLaw
the body of the delinquent might be subjected
to the strokes of these rods, and the force & rapidity with
which they should be applied might be prescribed
by the Judge; thus everything which is arbitrary
might be removed. A public officer of more
responsible character than the common executioner
might preside over the infliction of the punishment,
and when there were many delinquents to be
punished, his time might be saved and the
terror of the scene heightened without increasing the actual suffering by increasing the
number of the machines, and subjecting all
the offenders to punishment at one the same time.

Identifier: | JB/141/048/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 141.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	141	Main Headings	rationale of punishment
Folio number	048	Info in main headings field
Image	001	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f7 / f4
Penner	richard smith	Watermarks	dusautoy & rump 1809
Marginals		Paper Producer	edward collins
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1809
Notes public		ID Number	48265
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