THE PUNISHMENT OF DEATH. A SELECTION OF ARTICLES FROM THE MORNING HERALD, WITH NOTES. The names of party may have charms for others—we VOL. I. LONDON: HATCHARD & SON.-SMITH, ELDER, & Co. 1836. PREFACE. Ar a Committee of the Society for the Diffusion of Information on the subject of Capital Punishments, held on Monday, November 30, 1835, the following Resolution was unanimously adopted : RESOLVED ' That the Articles upon the Criminal Law which have appeared from time to time for several years past, in the 'columns of the Morning Herald, are of a character to espe6 cially call for the grateful acknowledgment of this Com'mittee, as having materially contributed to promote the recent 'Amelioration of the Penal Code:-and, that this Committee 'do forthwith cause à Selection of those Articles to be pub'lished in a permanent form, in testimony of their value, and ' in furtherance of the great object of rendering the Criminal 'Law more efficient, by obtaining for it the support of reason, ' and of enlightened PUBLIC OPINION.' In conformity with this Resolution, the present Volume has been compiled, and, in a few weeks, will be followed by a second, in continuation of the Selection. The publication of the Work is alike proper, whether regard be had to the merit of these Articles in M824 HV8694 (RECAP) 30828 |