JB/141/109/002

Click Here To Edit

18.

C
Forfeiture of Reputation.

from that which is possessed by corporal infamy ignominy, may be
stiled quasi-corporal The one is inflicted by an application
made instead of to a man's body to some object the idea
of which by the principle of association has the effect of
suggesting to the imagination the idea of a punishment
applied actually to the body itself. This, inasmuch as it operates
by the force of symbols or emblems may be styled symbolical
or emblematical corporal infamy ignominy(a). The other is inflicted
by

Note.

(a)

Among the ancient Persians in some cases when the criminal
was of high rank, instead of whipping the man himself it was the
custom to whip his clothes. To this head may also be referred the
custom which prevails in France and other countries nations upon the
continent of executing criminals in effigy. The feigned punishment
inflicted on the effigy is commonly I suppose the same that would have
been really inflicted upon the man's person for the same offence:
nor is it usual I believe to employ this punishment where the criminal delinquent
is forthcoming.

In Portugal several of the persons who have been were concerned in
the attempt upon the Late King's life were punished in this manner V. infra

Identifier: | JB/141/109/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 141.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	17-19
Box	141	Main Headings	rationale of punishment
Folio number	109	Info in main headings field	forfeiture of reputation
Image	002	Titles	note
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f17 / f18 / f19 / f20
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::myears [lion with crown motif]]]
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	caroline fox
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	48326
Box Contents