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37.<lb/><lb/><head>C</head><lb/><head>Of Compensation.</head><lb/>thing it | 37.<lb/><lb/><head>C</head><lb/><head>Of Compensation.</head><lb/>thing it professes to do and the criminal triumphs after<lb/>all. When a case of this sort happens it presents one of<lb/>the most disheartening and afflictive prospects that<lb/>can be presented to a feeling mind. If an offender<lb/>escapes the Law upon a particular occasion, the Law<lb/>remains and may be effectual at another time; but<lb/>when the cause of impunity is a defect in the Law<lb/>itself, there is <add>then</add> no hope.<lb/><lb/><note>6. In that case it<lb/>would be apt to operate<lb/><add>in certain circumstances</add> as a positive<lb/>encouragement <del><gap/></del><lb/><del>the offence in</del><lb/><del>some cases</del> to criminality --</note><lb/>But what is much worse, this circumstance <add>not only</add> has<lb/>a tendency <del>not only</del> to take off the restraint upon <lb/>guilt, but has a positive tendency to dispose the offender<lb/>to add injury to injury. This is the case more<lb/>particularly with regard to corporal injuries and unlawful<lb/>confinement. Upon the plan objected to, which is<lb/>the common one, an offender has less to fear from ill-<lb/>-treating an old man than a young man, a sick man<lb/>than a man in health. If a man does you <add>only</add> a slight<lb/>hurt, he is in great danger of being <add><del>punished</del></add> overtaken by punishment | ||
37.
C
Of Compensation.
thing it professes to do and the criminal triumphs after
all. When a case of this sort happens it presents one of
the most disheartening and afflictive prospects that
can be presented to a feeling mind. If an offender
escapes the Law upon a particular occasion, the Law
remains and may be effectual at another time; but
when the cause of impunity is a defect in the Law
itself, there is then no hope.
6. In that case it
would be apt to operate
in certain circumstances as a positive
encouragement
the offence in
some cases to criminality --
But what is much worse, this circumstance not only has
a tendency not only to take off the restraint upon
guilt, but has a positive tendency to dispose the offender
to add injury to injury. This is the case more
particularly with regard to corporal injuries and unlawful
confinement. Upon the plan objected to, which is
the common one, an offender has less to fear from ill-
-treating an old man than a young man, a sick man
than a man in health. If a man does you only a slight
hurt, he is in great danger of being punished overtaken by punishment
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penal code |
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of compensation |
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copy/fair copy sheet |
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[[watermarks::myears [lion with crown emblem]]] |
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caroline fox |
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