 | William Wills - 1838 - 338 Seiten
...follows irresistibly from the foregoing considerations. Paley controverts the maxim, and urges that " he who falls by a mistaken sentence may be considered as falling for his country; while he suffers under the operation of those rules, by the general effect and tendency of which the... | |
 | Charles Spear - 1844 - 288 Seiten
...influence which facts of this nature have had on those who favor the punishment of death. Paley says, ' He who falls by a mistaken sentence, may be considered...under the operation of those rules by the general effect and tendency of which the welfare of the community is maintained and upheld.' Rev. Charles Hudson,... | |
 | William Mawdesley Best - 1845 - 232 Seiten
...the mere possibility of confounding the innocent with the guilty. They ought rather to reflect that he who falls by a mistaken sentence may be considered...suffers under the operation of those rules by the (p) Wille on Circumst Ev., p. 158. The conviction of this very young woman creeled much difference... | |
 | 1849 - 962 Seiten
...the mere possibility of confounding the innocent with the guilty. They ought rather to reflect, that he who falls by a mistaken sentence, may be considered...as falling for his country, whilst he suffers under l/ie operation of those rules, by the general eflect and tendency of which the welfare of the community... | |
 | 1849 - 610 Seiten
...those who favor the punishment of death. Paley says, " He who falls by a mistaken sentence, may he considered as falling for his country, whilst he suffers...under the operation of those rules by the general effect and tendency of which the welfare of the community is maintained and upheld." Rev. Charles Hudson,... | |
 | Henry Brewster Stanton - 1849 - 412 Seiten
...hung through mistake, counsels their surviving friends not to repine, but " rather to reflect that he who falls by a mistaken sentence, may be considered as falling for his country." No one will suppose that such laws, the offspring of the dark ages, could be enforced against all offenders... | |
 | Thomas Percival - 1849 - 214 Seiten
...regarded, may derive consolation from the reflection, that, though his sentence be unjust, " he falls for his country, whilst he suffers under the operation of those rules, by the general effect and tendency of which the welfare of the community is maintained and upholden1"." § 20. When... | |
 | William Paley - 1850 - 628 Seiten
...mere possibility of confounding the innocent with the guilty. — They ought rather to reflect, that he who falls by a mistaken sentence, may be considered as falling for his country ; whilst he Buffers under the operation of those rules, by the general effect and tendency of which the welfare... | |
 | William Paley - 1851 - 766 Seiten
...mere possibility of confounding the innocent with the guilty — They ought rather to reflect, that effect and tendency of which the welfare of the community is maintained and upholden. CHAPTER X. Or... | |
 | William Mawdesley Best - 1854 - 930 Seiten
...the mere possibility of confounding the innocent with the guilty. They ought rather to reflect, that he who falls by a mistaken sentence, may be considered...under the operation of those rules, by the general effect and tendency of which the welfare of the community is maintained and upholden." It will not,... | |
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They ought rather to reflect, that he who falls by a mistaken sentence, may be considered as falling for his country ; whilst he suffers under the operation of those rules, by the general effect and tendency of which the welfare of the community is maintained... 
