The Works of William H. Seward, Volume 2Houghton, Mifflin, 1884 - New York (State) |
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... the Executive of Virginia - Extradition of Fugitives from Justice- Aiding in the Escape of Slaves - Property in Man - The Law of Nations - What Constitutes a Crime- & c . THE GEORGIA CONTROVERSY .. ...... PAGE 519 Letters to the.
... the Executive of Virginia - Extradition of Fugitives from Justice- Aiding in the Escape of Slaves - Property in Man - The Law of Nations - What Constitutes a Crime- & c . THE GEORGIA CONTROVERSY .. ...... PAGE 519 Letters to the.
Page 174
... crime of murder in the first degree . The first penitentiary erected in the state was the Walnut - street prison in Philadelphia , in the year 1790 ; in which imprisonment at hard labor was substituted for the ancient modes of ...
... crime of murder in the first degree . The first penitentiary erected in the state was the Walnut - street prison in Philadelphia , in the year 1790 ; in which imprisonment at hard labor was substituted for the ancient modes of ...
Page 175
... crime , need scarcely be adverted to . It will be sufficient to state that , of twenty - three convicted of second and third offences in the year 1815 , twenty had been previously pardoned , ind only three discharged by the ordinary ...
... crime , need scarcely be adverted to . It will be sufficient to state that , of twenty - three convicted of second and third offences in the year 1815 , twenty had been previously pardoned , ind only three discharged by the ordinary ...
Page 180
... crime and ruin . It is conducted for the most part on the general plan of the Auburn establishment , though moderated in severity , and adapted to the different class of subjects embraced within its action : children of both sexes are ...
... crime and ruin . It is conducted for the most part on the general plan of the Auburn establishment , though moderated in severity , and adapted to the different class of subjects embraced within its action : children of both sexes are ...
Page 190
... Crime has not increased in the same ratio as population . The number of convicts received in the prisons in 1837 , a year memorable for its pecuniary embarrass- ments , exceeds that of any other in the series . Increase of pros- perity ...
... Crime has not increased in the same ratio as population . The number of convicts received in the prisons in 1837 , a year memorable for its pecuniary embarrass- ments , exceeds that of any other in the series . Increase of pros- perity ...
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