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12.
B.2. Ch.5

If any punishment can in itself be popular
this I think promises to be so. It bears a stronger
resemblance than any other to Domestic Discipline
The tendency which it has to lead the offender to
acknowledge the evil of his offence and the
justice of his Sentence is the same
with the of which an indulgent father desires
his punishments to possess, when he inflicts them
upon his children and there is no aspect which
it is more desirable the law should assume than this.

The effects produced by solitary Confinement
is are not matters of mere conjecture they have been
ascertained by experience, and are reported upon the
best authorities.

Speaking of the Cells in Newgate, "I was told"
says Mr. Howard, "by those who attended me, that
"criminals who had affected an air of Boldness
"on their trial, and appeared quite unconcerned at
"the pronouncing sentence upon them, were struck
"with horror and shed tears, when brought to these
"darksome, solitary abodes."

"I remember an Instance", says Mr. Hanway
"some years before the Law for proceeding to sentence
"upon evidence, of a notorious malefactor who would
"not plead. – It was a question, whether he should be

"brought to the press; but the jailor privately recommended
"to the Magistrates to try solitary confinement in prison.
"This produced the effect, for in less than twenty four
"hours, the daring artful felon chose to hold up his hand
"at the Bar and quietly submit to the Laws, rather than
"remain in such a solitary state without hope."

Identifier: | JB/141/068/003 "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	068	Info in main headings field
Image	003	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f11 / f4 / f12 / f3
Penner	richard smith	Watermarks	dusautoy & rump 1809
Marginals		Paper Producer	edward collins
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1809
Notes public		ID Number	48285
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