ON THE

PUNISHMENT OF DEATH.

BY CHARLES SPEAR,

AUTHOR OF TITLES OF JESUS;' 'ESSAYS ON IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT,' ETC.

I shall ask for the abolition of the Penalty of Death until I have the infallibility
of human judgment demonstrated to me. The Punishment of Death has always
inspired me with feelings of horror since the execrable use made of it during the
former Revolution.
LAFAYETTE.

FIFTH EDITION.

BOSTON:

PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR.

LONDON:

JOHN GREEN, 121 NEWGATE STREET.

HARVARD

COLLEGE

Mar 194 1939
LIBRARY

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1844, BY CHARLES SPEAR,

In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of Massachusetts.

STEREOTYPED BY

GEORGE A. CURTIS,

NEW ENGLAND TYPE AND STEREOTYPE FOUNDRY.

COLLEGE, ME.,

AS

A TOKEN OF RESPECT AND ESTEEM

FOR HIS

SYMPATHY FOR THE CRIMINAL.

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