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Of Punishments

Thus altered let him be spit upon by the Executioner,
and by as many of the spectators as think proper.

Let a mortar of the largest size be levelled
towards that point of the compass the capital of the
enemy's country.

The Coat being taken off, let him be thrust head
or feet foremost into the mortar and be shot off in
the manner of a bomb.

4

3. Optional death or that sort of death which the offender
himself may choose. This is applicable to Rebellion

To No 3 of this

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From p.5. No1

1

Capital punishments are 1. Strangulation. 2. Explosion.
+See further §12. 3. Optional death.+

To p.5 No 2

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From No. 1 of this

§ III. Afflictive punishments.

1

Afflictive punishments enumerated. Afflictive punishments are 1. Medical experiments.
2. Whipping. See also §.12. part 3. Dicting, or
macerative punishment.

2

The medical experiments are such as the Judge upon
1. Medical experiments application made by the medical faculty of the place
for the improvement of medical science and the in the
view of discovering some method of alleviating certain of
the miseries to which mankind are subject shall think
fit to order. This is applicable to Murder Homicide when attended
with circumstance of wanton cruelty.

Identifier: | JB/143/015/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 143.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	11, 2-4, 1, 1-3
Box	143	Main Headings	punishment
Folio number	015	Info in main headings field	of punishments
Image	002	Titles
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f5 / f6 / f7 / f8
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::gr [crown motif] [britannia with shield motif]]]
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	48648
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