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C
Punishment
In the Court of Criminal Justice,
over and or upon the Judgment, shall
be a statue of Justice or of the avenging Angel
larger than life. In the right of this figure or
otherwise connected with it shall be a sword,
which shall be called the sword of Justice.
It shall be of a determinate size, figure and
weight to be approved of by the supreme
court of Justice.
Punishment by the sword of Justice
shall be thus performed.
1. The criminal statue of justice shall be brought from the
Court to the place of execution: from its
hand shall hang the sword of Justice
2. The criminal shall be bound and stretched
upon the floor, with a particular
part of his body directly under the
point of the sword and [then] feet below it
at the Court.
Identifier: | JB/143/019/003"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 143. |
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punishment |
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punishments |
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jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::myears [lion with crown motif]]] |
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caroline fox |
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