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ON THE

PUNISHMENT OF DEATH.

BY CHARLES SPEAR,

AUTHOR OF 'TITLES OF JESUS;' 'ESSAYS ON IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT,' etc.

I shall ask for the abolition of the Penalty of Death until I have the infallibility
of human judgment demonstrated to me. The Punishment of Death has always
inspired me with feelings of horror since the execrable use made of it during the
former Revolution.
LAFAYETTE.

EIGHTH EDITION.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR.

LONDON:

JOHN GREEN, 121 NEWGATE STREET.

1844.
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a.40831

RSITI

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1844, BY CHARLES SPEAR,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

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STEREOTYPED BY
GEORGE A. CURTIS,

NEW ENGLAND TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY.

THIS VOLUME

IS

AFFECTIONATELY DEDICATED

ΤΟ

THOMAS C. UPHAM,

PROFESSOR OF MENTAL AND MORAL PHILOSOPHY IN BOWDOIN

COLLEGE, ME.,

AS

A TOKEN OF RESPECT AND ESTEEM

FOR HIS

SYMPATHY FOR THE CRIMINAL.

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