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... abolished , and others substituted , which are believed to answer , with equal efficacy , all the ends of penal ... abolish altogether the punishment of Death . An increasing tenderness for human life is one of the most decided ...
... abolished , and others substituted , which are believed to answer , with equal efficacy , all the ends of penal ... abolish altogether the punishment of Death . An increasing tenderness for human life is one of the most decided ...
Page 13
... abolish- ed . With respect to debts contracted prior to that date , it subsists as provided by other laws . In like ... abolished in this Com- monwealth , and in many other states of the Union , on the ground , it is believed , in part ...
... abolish- ed . With respect to debts contracted prior to that date , it subsists as provided by other laws . In like ... abolished in this Com- monwealth , and in many other states of the Union , on the ground , it is believed , in part ...
Page 14
... abolished only in prospect ; while in the case of existing obligations , the debtors might be enslaved , tortured , or cut in pieces , as before . The imprisonment of a man of probity for debts honestly contracted , and who has honestly ...
... abolished only in prospect ; while in the case of existing obligations , the debtors might be enslaved , tortured , or cut in pieces , as before . The imprisonment of a man of probity for debts honestly contracted , and who has honestly ...
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... abolished in this Commonwealth , by the year 1783 , by decisions of the courts of justice , and by the interpretation placed on the declaration of equality in the bill of rights . But it existed in several of the States at the time of ...
... abolished in this Commonwealth , by the year 1783 , by decisions of the courts of justice , and by the interpretation placed on the declaration of equality in the bill of rights . But it existed in several of the States at the time of ...
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