1818 CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. Public Executions no Deterrent to Forgery and Theft. Account of Hangings. Baptist One clipped extract loosely inserted

One clipped extract loosely inserted

The Glory of Their Times

Berkin & Misses & prayers for my namesake

Donald Grey Barnhouse

1818 CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. Public Executions no Deterrent to Forgery and Theft. Account of Hangings. Baptist One clipped extract loosely insertedA graphic tract issued by The Society for Diffusing Information on the Subject of Capital Punishment and Prison Discipline designed to demonstrate that the public execution by hanging of men and women for forgery and theft was cruel, unjust, and ineffective in reducing public crime. The last hours and the executions of both male and female thieves, as well as the circumstances of their upbringing and crimes are recorded in a fair amount of detail.