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Jany 1809 s4 1) Peines Paley's Net
Moral and proper in in punishment
Paley on Utilitarian - a futile -
Fisher of men
Practise first, reason afterwards.
1 Per Paley. Policy of English law to sweep all into a net & then make selections for punishment
"The law of England", (continues the Reverend Doctor) is constructed upon a different
"and a better policy. By the numbers of statutes
"creating capital offences, it sweeps into the net every
"crime, which under any possible circumstances may
"merit the punishment of death - +
+ Each statute specifies itself the very circumstances in which the supposed new demand for death is grounded.
but when the execution
of this sentence comes to be deliberated upon, +
+ without expressible reasons
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