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<p>† I copy this statement from the 'Annals de Legislation<lb/> | |||
& de Jurisprudence printed at Geneva – a work which<lb/> | |||
honors the writers & honors the place where it is published.<lb/> | |||
It is conducted in the best spirit of philanthropy &<lb/> | |||
of freedom & of enquiry. II.72</p> | |||
<p>In the same number as some most interesting detail<lb/> | |||
of the effects of the torture in a recent instance in<lb/> | |||
Germany, in which, "In six individuals the fear of<lb/> | |||
the bastonnade was more powerful than the fear of death.<lb/> | |||
One innocent man perished, & five determined to<lb/> | |||
perish by a public death rather than undergo the<lb/> | |||
ignominy of that punishment by which it was sought | |||
to <del><gap/> them</del> extort from them the confession of a<lb/> | |||
crime of which they were wholly innocent.</p> | |||
<p>Consult Bruchstücke über Verbrechens & Leipzig 1 Vol.<lb/> | |||
<del>One</del> <add>Who but</add> blushes to <del><gap/></del> <add>contemplate</add> the slow progress of reason & justice<lb/> | |||
among mankind, when it is remembered than even in a Republic<lb/> | |||
(Holland) & as late as 1803, the torture was applied. In 1809<lb/> | |||
a law professing to abolish the torture served only to confirm as<lb/> | |||
it allowed a judge to adopt rigorous measures to obtain conversant<lb/> | |||
answers. It was only in 1821 that the torture was abolished in</p> | |||
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† I copy this statement from the 'Annals de Legislation
& de Jurisprudence printed at Geneva – a work which
honors the writers & honors the place where it is published.
It is conducted in the best spirit of philanthropy &
of freedom & of enquiry. II.72
In the same number as some most interesting detail
of the effects of the torture in a recent instance in
Germany, in which, "In six individuals the fear of
the bastonnade was more powerful than the fear of death.
One innocent man perished, & five determined to
perish by a public death rather than undergo the
ignominy of that punishment by which it was sought
to them extort from them the confession of a
crime of which they were wholly innocent.
Consult Bruchstücke über Verbrechens & Leipzig 1 Vol.
One Who but blushes to contemplate the slow progress of reason & justice
among mankind, when it is remembered than even in a Republic
(Holland) & as late as 1803, the torture was applied. In 1809
a law professing to abolish the torture served only to confirm as
it allowed a judge to adopt rigorous measures to obtain conversant
answers. It was only in 1821 that the torture was abolished in
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