Report Made to the General Assembly of the State of Louisiana: On the Plan of a Penal Code for the Said StatesB. Levy & Company, 1822 - 159 |
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... object of such importance in free governments , that it not only ought to be per- mitted , but must be secured by a species of compul- sion . The people must be forced to know what their servants are doing , or they will , like other ...
... object of such importance in free governments , that it not only ought to be per- mitted , but must be secured by a species of compul- sion . The people must be forced to know what their servants are doing , or they will , like other ...
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... object of royal jealousy and fear . With these examples before us , ought we not , in framing a new code , to impress on the minds of our constituents , a sacred attachment to this institu- tion ? So venerable for its antiquity ! So ...
... object of royal jealousy and fear . With these examples before us , ought we not , in framing a new code , to impress on the minds of our constituents , a sacred attachment to this institu- tion ? So venerable for its antiquity ! So ...
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... object affected by them , into public , and private . Here again , the law which divides the two classes , must , in some measure , be arbitrary , for scarcely any public offence can be committed that does not injure 5 33 done to ...
... object affected by them , into public , and private . Here again , the law which divides the two classes , must , in some measure , be arbitrary , for scarcely any public offence can be committed that does not injure 5 33 done to ...
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... object of inflicting it is the force of the exam- ple on others . If this spectacle of horror is insuffi- cient to deter men from the commission of slight offences , what good reason can be given to persuade us that it will have this ...
... object of inflicting it is the force of the exam- ple on others . If this spectacle of horror is insuffi- cient to deter men from the commission of slight offences , what good reason can be given to persuade us that it will have this ...
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... object of public attention , curiosity , admiration , and pity . Charity supplies all his wants , and religion proves her power , by exhibiting the outcast and mur- derer , though unworthy to enjoy existence upon earth , yet purified ...
... object of public attention , curiosity , admiration , and pity . Charity supplies all his wants , and religion proves her power , by exhibiting the outcast and mur- derer , though unworthy to enjoy existence upon earth , yet purified ...
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