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Of Punishment in General

Apprehended he would be punished with simple death if he could suffer no more than simple death in case of his committing more murders, there is nothing to deter him from committing any number of murders which appear likely to contribute anything towards facilitating his escape.

But in cases in which ignominious punishment if applied, if a man commit at different times different offences which are so far of the same kind as that the ignominious punishment belonging to them is of the same kind before he can be convicted of any one of him, it need not be inflicted more than once.

Reasons

1. It might become troublesome to inflict the same kind of ignominious punishment perhaps ten or twelve times running upon the same person; and the effect of the infamy would be rather weakened than increased by such frequent repetitions.

2. The purpose of keeping up the proportion between the degree of delinquency and the degree of punishment in conformity.

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Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	17-21
Box	143	Main Headings	punishment
Folio number	025	Info in main headings field	of punishments in general
Image	003	Titles
Category	copy/fair copy sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f5 / f6 / f7 / f8
Penner		Watermarks	[[watermarks::myears [lion with crown motif]]]
Marginals		Paper Producer	caroline fox
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	48658
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