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<p>I never met with any instance of a conviction<lb/> | |||
for the <del>murder</del> <add>killing</add> of a legitimate child. It is always<lb/> | |||
of bastard children — This seems to indicate<lb/> | |||
that it is the <del>sense</del> <add>dread</add> of shame & not<lb/> | |||
an <sic>avericious</sic> prudence that has been the motive<lb/> | |||
in all the instances we know — It seems therefore<lb/> | |||
that the parental feelings are always<lb/> | |||
stronger than avaricious prudence, but that<lb/> | |||
the sense of shame is <sic>somtimes</sic> stronger than<lb/> | |||
the parental feelings — Yet the opportunities<lb/> | |||
which a parent has, seemingly <add>to appearance</add> without<lb/> | |||
any risk of discovery, are so numerous & so<lb/> | |||
continual, <del>that if</del> <add>to destroy</add> a child in the interval between <add><del>during</del> in the course of the long period during</add><lb/> | |||
<del>birth and the full <gap/><gap/></del> <add>which it <del>becomes</del> continues chargeable</add><lb/> | |||
that if such a <sic>practise</sic> were at all frequent,<lb/> | |||
it could not fail being every now & then made<lb/> | |||
known by instances of <sic>it's</sic> being punished. <note>at the period when they become most chargeable</note><lb/> | |||
<del>When a Parent or</del> <add>In the instances where a Parent or</add> the Parents <del>resolve to</del> <add>are known to</add><lb/> | |||
<add>have endeavoured to</add> rid themselves of a child it is not by killing,<lb/> | |||
but by desertion: and even thus I believe <del><gap/></del> scarce<lb/> | |||
ever but under circumstances which have indicated<lb/> | |||
<del>an impossibility</del> <add>their inability</add> to maintain it. Instances<lb/> | |||
of <gap/> desertion of children by one of the Parents</p> | |||
<pb/> | |||
<p>only, where <del>another</del> there <del>are two alone</del>, <add><del><gap/></del> live together</add> are nothing<lb/> | |||
to this purpose. <del>They</del> <add>The Children</add> are not left destitute:<lb/> | |||
& the other Parent is abandoned along<lb/> | |||
with them.</p> | |||
<head>HOMICIDE — of Infants. [BR][14]</head> | |||
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I never met with any instance of a conviction
for the murder killing of a legitimate child. It is always
of bastard children — This seems to indicate
that it is the sense dread of shame & not
an avericious prudence that has been the motive
in all the instances we know — It seems therefore
that the parental feelings are always
stronger than avaricious prudence, but that
the sense of shame is somtimes stronger than
the parental feelings — Yet the opportunities
which a parent has, seemingly to appearance without
any risk of discovery, are so numerous & so
continual, that if to destroy a child in the interval between during in the course of the long period during
birth and the full which it becomes continues chargeable
that if such a practise were at all frequent,
it could not fail being every now & then made
known by instances of it's being punished. at the period when they become most chargeable
When a Parent or In the instances where a Parent or the Parents resolve to are known to
have endeavoured to rid themselves of a child it is not by killing,
but by desertion: and even thus I believe scarce
ever but under circumstances which have indicated
an impossibility their inability to maintain it. Instances
of desertion of children by one of the Parents
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only, where another there are two alone, live together are nothing
to this purpose. They The Children are not left destitute:
& the other Parent is abandoned along
with them.
HOMICIDE — of Infants. [BR][14]
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