Transactions of the National Association for the Promotion of Social ScienceThe volume for 1886 is a report of the proceedings of the "Conference on temperance legislation, London, 1886." |
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... sentenced to death rose from 350 to 1,601 . But as of the latter number only 52 were executed , it is obvious that the severity of these sentences was neutralised by their uncer- tainty . Yet those who were not hanged were , with ...
... sentenced to death rose from 350 to 1,601 . But as of the latter number only 52 were executed , it is obvious that the severity of these sentences was neutralised by their uncer- tainty . Yet those who were not hanged were , with ...
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... sentence of transportation . It is but just to add the qualifying words , as then administered ; ' for the wiser scheme , introduced by Earl Grey and Sir George Grey in 1849 , was propounded when the feelings of the Colonists were too ...
... sentence of transportation . It is but just to add the qualifying words , as then administered ; ' for the wiser scheme , introduced by Earl Grey and Sir George Grey in 1849 , was propounded when the feelings of the Colonists were too ...
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... sentences of transportation and penal servitude had , in the first period of seven years averaged 3,727 annually , they had fallen in the second to 2,949 , an average annual reduction of 778 . I have chosen the year 1855 as a temporary ...
... sentences of transportation and penal servitude had , in the first period of seven years averaged 3,727 annually , they had fallen in the second to 2,949 , an average annual reduction of 778 . I have chosen the year 1855 as a temporary ...
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... sentenced to imprisonment and how many to transportation or penal servitude . 1856-60 1870-5 • Committals 18,045 ... sentences of imprisonment 1,140 , in sentences of penal servitude 935 . But the comparison is made with times in which a ...
... sentenced to imprisonment and how many to transportation or penal servitude . 1856-60 1870-5 • Committals 18,045 ... sentences of imprisonment 1,140 , in sentences of penal servitude 935 . But the comparison is made with times in which a ...
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... sentences from three to five years , and enacted that where any person previously convicted of felony should be sentenced to penal servitude that sentence should be for not less than seven years . This statute probably had the effect of ...
... sentences from three to five years , and enacted that where any person previously convicted of felony should be sentenced to penal servitude that sentence should be for not less than seven years . This statute probably had the effect of ...
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