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An Essay on Crimes and Punishments

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Cesare marchese di Beccaria, Voltaire

Alexander Donaldson, and sold at his shops in London and Edinburgh., 1778 - Capital punishment - 238 pages

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CHAP Page XXIV Of Idleneſs	73

Of Banishment and Confifcation	74

Of the Spirit of Family in States	76

Of the Mildnefs of Punishments	80

Of the Punishment of Death	83

XXIX Of Imprisonment	93

Of Profecution and Preſcription	95

Of Crimes of difficult Proof	98

Of a particular Kind of Crimes	121

Of falfe Ideas of Utility	123

Of the Means of preventing Crimes	125

Of the Sciences	127

Of Magiftrates	131

Of Rewards	132

Of Pardons 133	133

Conclufion	135

Of Suicide	103

Of Smuggling	108

Of Bankrupts ΙΙΟ	110

Of Sanctuaries	113

Of Rewards for apprehending or kill ing Criminals	116

Of Attempts Accomplices and Par don	117

Of ſuggeſtive Interrogations	120

Puniſhments	137

The Hiftory of Simon Morin 156	144

Of certain fanguinary Tribunals 166	144

Of the Crime of High Treafon Of Titus	170

Of falfe Money	178

Of criminal Procedure and other Forms	187

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Title	An Essay on Crimes and Punishments
Authors	Cesare marchese di Beccaria, Voltaire
Publisher	Alexander Donaldson, and sold at his shops in London and Edinburgh., 1778
Original from	National Library of Scotland
Digitized	5 Sep 2022
Length	238 pages

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