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" The frequent occurrence of the unexecuted threat of death in a criminal code, tends to rob that punishment of all its terrors, and to enervate the general authority of the government and the laws. The multiplication of this threat in the laws of England... "
The Edinburgh Review: Or Critical Journal - Page 329
1821
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Pamphleteer: Dedicated to Both Houses of Parliament, to be ..., Volume 15

Abraham John Valpy - 1819 - 644 pages
...weaken and disarm the other parts of the criminal system. The ;fVequent occurrence of the unexecuted threat of Death in a criminal code, tends to rob that...to enervate the general authority of the government and'-thè Laws. The multiplication of this threat in the Laws of England has brought' on them, and...
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The Edinburgh magazine, and literary miscellany, a new series of ..., Volume 5

1819 - 610 pages
...weaken and disarm the other parts of the criminal system. Tlie frequent occurrence of the unexecuted threat of death in a criminal code, tends to rob that punishment of all its terrors, anil to enervate the general authority of the government and the laws. The multiplication of this threat...
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The Monthly Repository of Theology and General Literature, Volume 15

1820 - 714 pages
...weaken and disarm the other parts of the criminal system. The frequent occurrence of the unexecuted threat of death in a criminal code tends to rob that...of this threat in the laws of England has brought ou them, and on the nation, a character of har.-hness and cruelty, which evidence of a mild adminisl...
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The Monthly Repository of Theology and General Literature, Volume 15

1820 - 770 pages
...of the government and the I: The multiplication of this threat in laws of England ha? brought on th and on the nation, a character of harshness and cruelty,...silences the objection. Reasoning, founded on lenient exercises of authority, whatever its force may be, is not calculated to efface a general aud deep impression....
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The Council of ten [ed. and mainly written by J.S. Boone]., Volume 2

1823 - 500 pages
...their sense cf the existing evil, in the following terms : " The frequent recurrence of the unexecuted threat of death in a criminal code, tends to rob that...enervate the general authority of the government and laws." We do not venture to represent it as the sole or primary cause of the increase of crime, but...
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The Edinburgh Magazine and Literary Miscellany, Volume 84

1819 - 606 pages
...weaken and disarm the other parts of the criminal system. The frequent occurrence of the unexecuted threat of death in a criminal code, tends to rob that...the laws. The multiplication of this threat in the law« of England has brought on them, and on the nation, a character of harshness and cruelty, which...
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Life and Times of Sir Robert Peel, Volume 2

William Cooke Taylor - 1851 - 504 pages
...laws weaken and disarm other parts of the criminal system. The frequent occurrence of the unexecuted threat of death in a criminal code tends to rob that...threat in the laws of England has brought on them and the nation a character of harshness and cruelty, which evidence of a mild administration of them will...
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The Speeches of the Late Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, Bart ..., Volume 2

Robert Peel - 1853 - 884 pages
...laws weaken and disarm other parts of the criminal system. The frequent occurrence of the unexecuted threat of death in a criminal code tends to rob that...threat in the laws of England has brought on them and the nation a character of harshness and cruelty which evidence of a mild administration of them will...
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The Speeches of the Late Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, Bart ..., Volume 2

Robert Peel - 1853 - 1070 pages
...laws weaken and disarm other parts < ( the criminal system. The frequent occurrence of the unexecuted threat of death in a criminal code tends to rob that...government and the laws. The multiplication of this thrval in the laws of England has brought on them and the nation a character of harshr.t-« and cruelty...
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The Speeches of the Late Right Honourable Sir Robert Peel, Bart ..., Volume 2

Sir Robert Peel - 1853 - 882 pages
...disarm other ¡ur;- : the criminal system. The frequent occurrence of the unexecuted threat of death ¡a a criminal code tends to rob that punishment of all its terrors, and to enenatetii general authority of the government and the laws. The multiplication of thiitbrcu in the...
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