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1827 June 7
Penal CodeII Remedies collectively
Ch. Punishment pecuniary
Little No fear need ever be entertained of excess in the quantum degree article
of pecuniary punishment when if the fund into to which the result
is poured transferred is the proper fund: namely the fund at the disposal
of the government for the service of the whole community.
☞ Refer on this occasion the the Report reference made and quotation given in
Morng Chron for 7 June 1827 to the Report in Wakefield's
Ireland of the fine of no more than £300 inflicted
by Judge Day on a Magistrate to whom oppression was
at the same time imputed by attributives of the most
drastic character.
The same Judge whose tender mercy would not
suffer him to impose a fine of a few hundreds on a
bondholder who possessed twice as many thousands a year
would behold not merely with unconcern but even with inward
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