Notices of the original, and successive efforts, to improve the discipline of the prison at Philadelphia, and to reform the criminal code of Pennsylvania, with a few observations on the penitentiary system / by Roberts Vaux.

  • Vaux, Roberts, 1786-1836.
Date:
1826
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Credit: Notices of the original, and successive efforts, to improve the discipline of the prison at Philadelphia, and to reform the criminal code of Pennsylvania, with a few observations on the penitentiary system / by Roberts Vaux. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    NOTICES ORIGINAL, AND SUCCESSIVE EFFORTS, TO IMPROVE THE DISCIPLINE OF THE PRISON AT PHILADELPHIA. AND TO REFORM THE CRIMINAL CODE OF IJrnnsQUMnUi: WITH A FEW OBSERVATIONS ON THE PENITENTIARY SYSTEM. BY ROBERTS VAUX. The penal law should be founded upon principles that are permanent, uniform, and universal; and always conformable to the dictates of truth and justice, the feelings of humanity, and the indelible rights of man- kind. BiACKSTONE's COM. B. IV. C. I. PHILADELPHIA: PUBLISHED BY K1MBER AND SHARPLESS, No. 93 Market Street. /. Ashmead & Co. Printers. 1826. 7