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can only be carried into effect with the
concurrence of the will of the delinquent ought
to be enforced by some other punishment which
may be inflicted independently of him.

The Law is most particularly
liable to be deficient from the inability of delinquents
in the case of pecuniary punishments: but it may
take place among passive punishments, as if the
should enjoin the mutilation of an organ, which the
individual did not possess.

Rules respecting subsidiary Punishments

1. Is the first punishment defective because the delinquent
is unable to undergo it? The subsidiary punishment
ought to be neither greater nor less than the first designed.

such at least is the measure which ought to be
sought after how difficult so ever it may be of attainment.

2. Is the first punishment defective from the manifest
unwillingness of the delinquent. The subsidiary punishment
ought to be greater.

The first punishment has been deemed the most
suitable for his offence, that he may be rendered there is no other means of rendering him willing
to undergo it there is no than threatning him with a
greater punishment.

3. If the case is doubtful whether the punishment
is defective from want of ability or eve want of will on
the part of the delinquent, the subsidiary punishment
should be a little greater than the original.

Does Is a man unwilling to submit to the punishment
first assigned to him; such unwillingness may be
considered as a Crime: and this method of considering it
will shew the propriety of the fourth rule.

4. The subsidiary punishment ought to be more severe
in proportion as it is more easy for the delinquent to withdraw
from the original punishment without being discovered.

The temptation to commit a crime is in proportion
to the hope of concealing it – this hope ought
therefore to be counterbalanced by an addition to the its
the punishment allotted to the Crime.

Identifier: | JB/141/101/002 "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	101	Info in main headings field
Image	002	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f2
Penner	richard smith	Watermarks	munn & stephens 1824
Marginals		Paper Producer	general t. p. thompson
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1824
Notes public		ID Number	48318
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