Sir Samuel Romilly Observations on the Criminal Law of England, as it relates to Capital Pun

ishments, ton the Mode in which

He justly calls much Jour criminal legislation Sauquenary. P'became singularly brutal under Won't Aune, Thes. I. Half the statutes were passed to render the Law more effectual" but the dont seem to have had that result

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OBSERVATIONS

ON THE

CRIMINAL LAW OF ENGLAND.

OBSERVATIONS

u!!

ON THE

CRIMINAL LAW OF ENGLAND,

AS IT RELATES TO

CAPITAL PUNISHMENTS,

AND ON THE MODE IN WHICH IT IS

ADMINISTERED.

BY SIR SAMUEL ROMILLY.

LONDON :

PRINTED BY J. M'CREERY, BLACK-HORSE-COURT,

FOR T. CADELL AND W. DAVIES, STRAND.