Quote: evil inflicted by public authority without public condemnation under the law is an hostile act

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Thirdly, that the evill inflicted by publique Authority, without precedent publique condemnation, is not to be stiled by the name of Punishment; but of an hostile act; because the fact for which a man is Punished, ought first to be Judged by publique Authority, to be a transgression of the Law.   Google-1   Google-2

Published before 1923

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