Speeches on Social and Political Subjects: Military floggingRichard Griffin, 1857 - Great Britain |
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... punishment of flogging , to which our troops alone of all the European soldiery are subject , was cruel in its nature , hurtful to the military character in its effects , and ill calculated to attain the great ends of all penal ...
... punishment of flogging , to which our troops alone of all the European soldiery are subject , was cruel in its nature , hurtful to the military character in its effects , and ill calculated to attain the great ends of all penal ...
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... punishment having taken place in the local militia of Ely . They were addressed not to the understanding nor even to the feelings of the reader ; but rather to those of the soldiery who suffered the infliction , and of the bystanders ...
... punishment having taken place in the local militia of Ely . They were addressed not to the understanding nor even to the feelings of the reader ; but rather to those of the soldiery who suffered the infliction , and of the bystanders ...
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... punishment which may well make us doubt if we now , seeing the productions of the periodical press , live in the same country and under the same system of laws . i In the month of August immediately following , the subject INTRODUCTION . 5.
... punishment which may well make us doubt if we now , seeing the productions of the periodical press , live in the same country and under the same system of laws . i In the month of August immediately following , the subject INTRODUCTION . 5.
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... punishment , -is still inflicted a species of torture , at least as exquisite as any that was ever devised by the ... punish- ment by military law ; no , when it is considered that discipline forms the soul of an army , without which it ...
... punishment , -is still inflicted a species of torture , at least as exquisite as any that was ever devised by the ... punish- ment by military law ; no , when it is considered that discipline forms the soul of an army , without which it ...
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... punished in some regiment . The probability is , that to this odious , ignominious flogging , may be traced his sad end ; and it cannot be doubted that he found the gallows less cruel than the halberts . Surely , then , the Attorney ...
... punished in some regiment . The probability is , that to this odious , ignominious flogging , may be traced his sad end ; and it cannot be doubted that he found the gallows less cruel than the halberts . Surely , then , the Attorney ...
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