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19.

C
Forfeiture of Reputation.

by a punishment applied indeed to the body but not till
after it has ceased to be susceptible of punishment. I mean
not till after death: this may be stiled post humous or
post-obitory corporal ignominy infamy (a)

To the head of Forfeiture of Reputation must be
referred

Note.

(a) To this head may be referred a part of the punishment in
use in England for High Treason according to the Common Law: the
taking out and burning of the entrails, the cutting off the head, and
the dividing the body into four quarters which are disposed of at
the King's pleasure. 2. Hawkins 443.

By an English Statute in cases of murder the Judge is
enjoyed to order the body (after the criminal has been put to
death by hanging) to be publicly dissected, and is empowered
to order it to be hung in chains as the phrase is: which
is practised by suspending it from a Gibbet in an iron frame).
Gibbeting.


Identifier: | JB/141/109/003
"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

003

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

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