CO129-117 - Public Offices - 1866 — Page 233

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They argued as usual that the relations of sovereign to subject, father to son, and husband to wife, require to be made eminent, and that it is to this end that leaders in rebellion, parricides, and wives guilty of the murder of their husbands, are punished by a death eminently severe. They urged that the true measure of a punishment should be its probable efficacy in deterring from crime; that, admitting the necessity of dealing punishment, the distinctions in those awarded by Chinese law do not affect the tendencies they are meant to for...

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of the arguments put forward in favor of retaining the punishment used by the Chinese in the penal code. Not wishing to expose myself to any direct rebuff on the subject, I have not made the conditions upon which the Governor is instructed a matter of correspondence, but I have this day had some further conversation on the question with the Ministers, Wensiang and Jung June Asün. They argued as usual that the relations of sovereign to subject, father to son, and husband to wife, require to be made eminent, and that it is to this end that leaders in rebellion, parricides, and wives guilty of the murder of their husbands, are punished by a death eminently severe. They urged that the true measure of a punishment should be its probable efficacy in deterring from crime; that, admitting the necessity of dealing punishment, the distinctions in those awarded by Chinese law do not affect the tendencies they are meant to for... 231 ...and [text appears to be cut off or missing due to OCR issues]

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of the arguments Plinere in favor of retaining umento used by then Chinese code. Not it in the penal code. wishing to expose myself to any direct direct sof rebuff expson then subject, I have not made the conditions upon which the Goo? Houghing is instructed. To insist, matter of correspondence, but I have this day had some further conversation on the question with the Ministers, Wensiang and Jung June Asün. Key arqued as usual that the relations of sovereign of sovereign to subject, Jotter 231 fatter to son, and husband. to wife, require to be made, eminent, and that it is to this end that leaders in rebellion, parricides, and lives. quilty of the murder re punished of their husbands, are by a death eminently scoure. "Turged that the tue measure as a detiment of a punishment should be. ito probeble efficacy from crime; that, adiecithing the necessity of dealt punishment, the distinctions in those awarded by Chinese law do not affect the Lindencies they Shey are meant fores 4 Forebuss and

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of the arguments Plinere in favor of retaining

umento used by then

Chinese

code. Not

it in the penal code. wishing to expose myself to any direct

direct sof rebuff expson then

subject, I have not made the

conditions upon

which the Goo? Houghing is instructed. To insist, matter of correspondence,

but I have this day had some

further

conversation on the

question with the Ministers,

Wensiang

and

Jung

June Asün.

Key

arqued as usual that the

relations of sovereign

of sovereign to subject, Jotter

231

fatter to son, and husband. to wife, require to be made, eminent,

and that it is to this end that

leaders in rebellion, parricides,

and lives.

quilty of the murder re punished

of their husbands, are

by a death eminently scoure. "Turged that the tue measure

as a detiment

of a punishment should be. ito probeble efficacy from crime; that, adiecithing the necessity of dealt punishment,

the distinctions in those awarded

by Chinese law do not affect the Lindencies they

Shey

are meant fores

4 Forebuss

and

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