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<p>you have for introducing and keeping<lb/> | |||
on foot the second disease is your keeping<lb/> | |||
on foot the first: cease to keep on foot the<lb/> | |||
first, the mischief you do by keeping on<lb/> | |||
foot the second will be void of all pretence.</p> | |||
<p>1. If there were no other means of saving<lb/> | |||
delinquents from the punishment of death,<lb/> | |||
than the giving encouragement on the part<lb/> | |||
of Jurymen to perjury, the encouragement<lb/> | |||
thus given whether useful upon the whole<lb/> | |||
or not would not be absolutely devoid<lb/> | |||
of use. But on the particular occasion<lb/> | |||
in question, as on all others a much more<lb/> | |||
simple as well as efficacious mode of<lb/> | |||
punishment is in <sic>mens</sic> power viz the ceasing<lb/> | |||
to employ it.</p> | |||
<p>2. If on the part of the legislator there<lb/> | |||
were no other means of avoiding the use<lb/> | |||
of the punishment of death than the conniving<lb/> | |||
at the disobedience and immorality<lb/> | |||
practised by the Judge, in the subornation<lb/> | |||
or perjury on the part of Jurymen, the<lb/> | |||
mischief thus done, whether productive of<lb/> | |||
real advantage or no upon the whole <add>would</add></p> | |||
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you have for introducing and keeping
on foot the second disease is your keeping
on foot the first: cease to keep on foot the
first, the mischief you do by keeping on
foot the second will be void of all pretence.
1. If there were no other means of saving
delinquents from the punishment of death,
than the giving encouragement on the part
of Jurymen to perjury, the encouragement
thus given whether useful upon the whole
or not would not be absolutely devoid
of use. But on the particular occasion
in question, as on all others a much more
simple as well as efficacious mode of
punishment is in mens power viz the ceasing
to employ it.
2. If on the part of the legislator there
were no other means of avoiding the use
of the punishment of death than the conniving
at the disobedience and immorality
practised by the Judge, in the subornation
or perjury on the part of Jurymen, the
mischief thus done, whether productive of
real advantage or no upon the whole would
Identifier: | JB/107/331/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 107. |
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law versus arbitrary power (a hatchet for dr paley's net) |
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331 |
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001 |
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copy/fair copy sheet |
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recto |
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[[watermarks::[simplified hanoverian royal arms] 1821]] |
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1821 |
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35322 |
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