1818 CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. Public Executions no Deterrent to Forgery and Theft. Account of Hangings. Baptist and the assassination of U

and the assassination of U

Donald Grey Barnhouse

slavery in the eastern world

The Glory of Their Times

Never any of the Saints were capable of mercy

1818 CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. Public Executions no Deterrent to Forgery and Theft. Account of Hangings. Baptist and the assassination of UA 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.