 They ought rather to reflect, that he who falls by a mistaken sentence, may be considered as falling for his country ; whilst he suffers under the operation of those rules, by the general effect and tendency of which the welfare of the community is maintained...  The Monthly Anthology, and Boston Review - Page 90edited by - 1811Full view - About this book
 | V. A. C. Gatrell, Vic Gatrell - 1994 - 660 pages
...sentences were appropriate to the crime. But should mistakes happen and the innocent sometimes hang, 'he who falls by a mistaken sentence, may be considered as falling for his country'. The chief end of the criminal law was not justice but 'the welfare of the community': The security... | |
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