 ... safety. Whether hanging ever did, or can, answer any good purpose, I doubt: but the cruel exhibition of every execution day, is a proof that hanging carries no terror with it. And I am confident that every new sanguinary law operates as an encouragement...  The Parliamentary Register: Proceedings and Debates - Sida 176efter Great Britain. Parliament - 1802Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons - 1777 - 432 sidor
...executionday is a proof that hanging carries no terror with it. And I am confident, that every new fanguinary law operates as an encouragement to commit capital...offences ; for, it is not the mode, but the certainty of punifhment, that creates terror. What men know they muft endure, they fear ; what they think they can... | |
 | William Hazlitt - 1809 - 608 sidor
...doubt : but the cruel exhibition of every execution day, is a proof that hanging carries no terror with it. And I am confident, that every new sanguinary...must endure, they fear ; what they think they can esthey despise. The multiplicity of our hanging laws has produced these two things ; frequency of condemnation,... | |
 | Basil Montagu - 1812 - 494 sidor
...I doubt: but the cruel exhibition of every execution day, is a proof that hanging carries no terror with it. And I am confident that every new sanguinary...The multiplicity of our hanging laws has produced two things ; frequency of condemnation and frequent pardons. As hope is the first and greatest spring... | |
 | Elegant extracts - 1812 - 316 sidor
...doubt: but the cruel exhibition of every execution day, is a proof that hanging carries no terrour with it. And I am confident, that every new sanguinary...mode, but the certainty of punishment, that creates terrour. What men know they must endure, they fear; what they think they can escape, they despise.... | |
 | 1832 - 508 sidor
...douht : hut the cruel exhihition of every execution day, is a proof that hanging carries no terror with it. And I am confident that every new sanguinary...commit capital offences ; for it is not the mode, hut the certainty of punishment, that creates terror. What men know they must endure, they fear; what... | |
 | Nathaniel Chipman - 1833 - 404 sidor
...doubt ; but the cruel exhibition of every execution day, is a proof, that hanging carries no terror with it. And I am confident that every new sanguinary...offences ; for it is not the mode, but the certainty of the 'punishment that creates terror. What men know they must endure, they fear; what they think they... | |
 | Nathaniel Chipman - 1833 - 396 sidor
...Beccaria for his little " Treatise on Crimes and Punishments" than to all other writers on the subject despise. The multiplicity of our hanging laws, has produced these two things; frequency of executions and frequent pardons. As hope is the first and greatest spring of action, if it was so,... | |
 | John Saunders - 1848 - 434 sidor
...purpose, I doubt. But the exhibition of every execution day is a proof that hanging carries no terror with it. And I am confident that every new sanguinary...operates as an encouragement to commit capital offences. • • • 1 he multiplicity of our hanging laws has produced two things ; frequency of condemnation,... | |
 | J. Syme - 1848 - 396 sidor
...what a court it is ! how many worse than me do scramble through ; and who knows but I may be lucky.' What men know they must endure, they fear ; what they think they can escape, they despise ; their calculation of three-fourths escaping is very near the truth. " Those connected with the court,... | |
 | Epes Sargent - 1852 - 570 sidor
...but the cruel exhibition of every execution-day is a proof that hanging carries no terror with it. The multiplicity of our hanging laws has produced...: frequency of condemnation, and frequent pardons. If we look to the executions themselves, what examples do they give ? The thief dies either hardened... | |
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