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13. Page 55. "Connected with this scheme of punishment
"and reformation , is another object , which , though of inferior importance
"in a moral view , is yet deserving of attention . This is , indemnity to
"the community for the expence of the conviction and maintenance
"of the offender . It is highly probably , that , with due management
"and economy , the profit of the labour of the convicts may be rendered
equal to their support . Such a result , however, has not
"been anticipated by the zealous friends of reform in penal law in
"Europe . They have regarded it as the indispensable duty of legislators , to meliorate the laws, and correct the abuses of prisons,
"without counting the cost of their justice or humanity . In Pensylvania , we are assured , that the experiment has been attended
"with success; — and when the improved system of the penitentiary
"house of this State has had time to operate fully , there can be
"no doubt of a result equally favourable . — It ought to have fair
"scope, and not be

Identifier: | JB/116/084/001"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 116.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	116	Main Headings	panopticon versus new south wales
Folio number	084	Info in main headings field	eddy on new york prison extracts
Image	001	Titles
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	d4 / f4
Penner	john herbert koe	Watermarks	1800
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year	1800
Notes public		ID Number	37617
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