A comparative view of the punishments annexed to crime in the United States of America and in England / by J. Sydney Taylor.

  • John Sydney Taylor
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1831
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    PUNISHMENT OF DEATH: A Series of Short Articles, to appear occasionally in Numbers desiftiied for General Circulation. A COMPARATIVE VIEW OF THE PUNISHMENTS ANNEXED TO CRIME IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND IN ENGLAND. By J. SYDNEY TAYLOR, A. M. c- Of the Middle Temple^ Barrister-at-Law. “ If the present Bill be carried into effect, then may your Lordships expect to see the whole frame of our criminal code invaded and broken in upon.—T/«e Public of this country, I submit, ought once for all, to know in what the public criminal code of the country consists, that your Lordships may not. time after time, and year after year, be distressed with such discussions as the present.” f Debate in the House of Lords, on the Bill for abolishing the punishment of Death for privately stealing from a shop to the amount o/Five Shillings, April 2,18IR.) LORD ELDON. *' The numerous volumes of remedial statutes which have been published during the last three centuries ought to be thrown into a pile and burnt, without taking them one by one with a chance of finding some that might not require to be purified by the flames.” f Debate in the House of Commons on the Punishment for Treason, April 5, 1813.) ROMILLY. aontion: (By the liberal permission of the Author) Printed from the original manuscript, for the Society for the Diffusion of Infor~ mation on the subject of Capital Punishments. Published by Harvey and Darton, Gracechurch*street. Sold by Hatchard and Son, Piccadilly; and J. Nisbet, Berner’s-street : Also by W. OliphaiU, Eu. nburgh;^ R M. Tims, Grafton-street; R. D. Webb, Williarn-street; and W. Curry and Co. Sackville-street, Dublin ; and to be had of all Booksellers. No. 4.] August 10, IS31. \Price G(/. p)€r dozen^