... opportunity stating, that the two men executed here on for highway robbery, stated to the Chaplain, that the commencement of their crimes had been owing to their frequentini: beer shops. said he should be very happy have ti.e Act reconsidered a* so many statements ...

... on from 1 gui- deeply lament to say, that the crime of incendiarism is much on the increase. some counties associations are lormed for tbe detection of tbe wretches who are guilty of this diabolical crime—Many persona an now confined in the prisons various ...

... d be proved iu evidence that the prisoner was not in such a state of mind to be accountable for his actions, so in law the crime was the same, although death had not ensued ; and he was instructed behalf of the prisoner to say, that he was not in a sound ...

... amounting to a certainty) that they will be rendered worse members of society, snd better prepared to re-cornmence a career of crime. At the Staffordshire Sessions, last week, the Magistrates decided that in future the public business the county should be ...

... amendments these rules may necessary to effect and secure the great objects of prison discipline, which are, the prevention crime, and, as far as human means can avail, the reformation ol criminals. I have that code of pri&>n rules should be formed, based ...

... been, at least since the diminution of the practice flogging as a punishment in the army—there has been frightful increase crime, and insubordination in the army. He therefore, without meaning to that the practice ought not to restrained much as possible ...

... were supposed be conn . lo taken off, without even the form of l’ it Will believed that most of them were innocent of the crime with which they were charg- The war in Kpiru*. The»»aly, and the Morca, i. observed, ha* assumed a still more sanguinary Under ...

... Niti I'rins less was done than at any assizes for some time past. No prisoner is left for execution, and the more serious crimes were, on investigation, either reduced to secondry offences, the proof failed ; but of calendar of sixty-three prisoners, ...

... not endanger human life. He said experience showed that mitigating punishment, by rendering it more certain, tended diminish crime. Lord Althorp said he had some doubt the expediency of changing the punishment of arson at present. He agreed with the lion ...

... ss, or rashness, to administer such an unreasonable quantity of spirituous liquors as to cause death, would guilty of the crime manslaughter, though not of murder. He did not perceive among the depositions any statement of an unreasonable quantity liquor ...

... were usually be found on similar occasions; but it was a matter deep regret that it was stained by almost every variety of crime which could disgrace human nature. There were several cases of violence, one of which had unfortunately ended in the death ...

... (Cheers.) He knew indeed of no act which they had done to briug them into deserved disrepute. He believed their greatest crime was that of being Corporation men. (Laughter and cheers.) The Vice President was about to propose the health of one of the ...