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...an or woman.” “Oh fie! Joseph,” answered the lady, “don’t com- mit another crime in denying the truth. I could pardon the first; but I hate a lyar.” “... ...nd more redness in her cheeks than anger in her eyes; “do you call that no crime? Kissing, Joseph, is as a prologue to a play. Can I believe a young f... ...ng them; fellows without half your charms—for such might almost excuse the crime. T ell me therefore, Joseph, if I should admit you to such free- dom,... ... many things in his favour. Honour likewise endeavoured to vindi- cate his crime, and Pity to mitigate his punishment. On the other side, Pride and Re... ... few prayers together.” Joseph answered, “He could not recollect any great crimes he had been guilty of, and that those he had committed he was sincer... ...t I am afraid the law is a little deficient in giving us any such power of prevention; however, the justice will stretch it as far as he is able, to o...

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...inherent in themselves, or as means to the promo tion of pleasure and the prevention of pain. Now, such a theory of life excites in many minds, and a... ...ory; since utility includes not solely the pursuit of happi ness, but the prevention or mitigation of unhappiness; and if the former aim be chimerica... ...for his trouble: he who betrays the friend that trusts him, is guilty of a crime, even if his object be to serve another friend to whom he is under gr... ...s prominently forward the interest that mankind have in the repression and prevention of con 23 J S Mill duct which violates the moral law, is likel... ...elonging to him, would utili tarianism compel one to call the betrayal ‘a crime’ as much as if it had been done from the meanest motive?” I submit, t... ...our own consciousness as completely a part of our nature, as the horror of crime is in an ordinarily well brought up young person. In the mean time, h...

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...ith wanting to stop the exploita tion of children by their parents? To this crime we plead guilty. But, you will say, we destroy the most hallowed of... ...on of the working class, organisers of charity, members of societies for the prevention of cruelty to animals, temperance fanatics, hole and corner re...

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...ls by anthropometry ere ever a criminal thought has entered their brains. “Prevention is better than cure.” These mattoid scientists make a direct and... ...g principle laid down in these papers it might well be put at the nadir of crime, and I doubt if any step the State might take to deter and punish the... ....* *“I wonder whether there is any legal flaw in the second section of the Prevention of Cruelty to Children Act of 1894, which may have been speciall... ...ion, might be drawn up. It might be found desirable in the case of certain crimes and misdemeanours, to add to existing penalties the transfer of all ...

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...ion had been only a just assertion of their rights; that if there had been crime on the part of those who took up arms, that crime had been condoned, ... ...itary college at West Point. During our war with Russia he was sent to the Crimea by his own government, in conjunction with two other officers of the... ...a secession vi et armis, had Ireland driven her to the neces- sity of such prevention. I will put it to any reader of history whether, since governmen... ... our prestige in Europe and the West. We made some natural blunders in the Crimea, but in making those blunders we taught ourselves the trade. It is t... ...or between one State and another. Each State declares with what punishment crimes shall be vis- ited; what taxes shall be levied for the use of the St...

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...uspicions of witchcraft. The un- fortunate wretches accused of this latter crime were not more in- nocent of the misfortunes imputed to them, than tho... ...er to gratify his own malice by accusing his neighbour of that imagi- nary crime, seems effectually to have put an end to those fears and suspicions, ... ...es upon actions which, antecedent to the statutes that declared them to be crimes, had always been un- derstood to be innocent. But the cruellest of o... ...erhaps, no other public good might result from such attention, besides the prevention of so great a public evil. The same thing may be said of the gro... ...ever, and to drive him, through despair, upon committing the most enormous crimes. The wiser and better sort of the common people, there- fore, have a... ...have dared in this manner to rebel against the church, over and above this crime of rebellion, have generally been charged, too, with the additional c...

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... support to their action. Community ac- tion shall be directed towards the prevention of dis- eases, in particular the major health scourges, includ- ... ...rorism, unlawful drug trafficking and other serious forms of international crime, including if necessary certain aspects of customs co-operation, in c... ...identify investi- gative approaches; – collection and analysis of national prevention programmes for forwarding to Member States and for drawing up Eu... ... programmes for forwarding to Member States and for drawing up Europe-wide prevention strategies; – mea- sures relating to further training, research,...

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...ns, they are like to procure them happiness or misery from the hands of the Almighty. 9. Civil law the measure of crimes and innocence. Sec- ondly, t... ...ompare it to the civil law, the rule made by the legislative power of the country, I call it lawful or unlawful, a crime or no crime. So that whenceso... ...e law of fashion, in some countries, valour and virtue; and to the municipal laws of some govern- ments, a capital crime. In this case, when the posit... ...ind, the greater care should be taken to lay it open under its due name, thereby to excite the greater care in its prevention and cure. 5. From a wro... ...o make a distinct species from killing a man’s son or neighbour, it is because of the different heinousness of the crime, and the distinct pun- ishmen...

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...red to be on fire; and the unanimous opinion of the neighborhood added the crime of the incendiary to the already hideous list of the Baron’s misdemea... ... and partly in consequence of the laudable efforts he was making for their prevention, and for the preservation of the good order and dignity of Alma ... ...ed number of votes might at any time be polled, without the possibility of prevention or even detection, by any party which should be merely villainou...

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...d it will be more so from now on to the end of the world. If such terrible crimes do not move you to lament and complain, do not permit yourself to be... ...hereby their own benefit, but only the improvement of Christendom, and the prevention of the blasphemy and disgracing of the divine Name; and so to de...

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... stained the earth and was excommunicated; there could be no pardon of the crime, barely any for repentance. He con- ceived it in the feminine; for me... ... ‘The fellow was not a lunatic. As for your golden mean, there’s a saying: Prevention is better than cure: and another that caps it: Drink deep or tas...

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... evil! Not a paper do I take up but I see something about wretchedness and crime, and here I sit with health, strength, and knowledge, and able to do ... ...o the rescue. Her new acquaintance, Mr. Mauleverer, was an example of such prevention, which weighed much on her mind. He had been perfectly unobtrusi... ...ed for his strong disapprobation, and earnest desire to find some means of prevention, and he began to reassure him upon the placabil- ity of Mrs. Com...

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...e confederation was for mutual protec- tion against a foreign foe, and the prevention of strife and war among themselves. If there had been a desire o... ...orth and South—who took advantage of their country being invaded to commit crime. They were in but little dan- ger of detection, or of arrest even if ... ...ng. His denunciations of treason and his ever- ready remark, “Treason is a crime and must be made odi- ous,” was repeated to all those men of the Sout...

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...with a statement of the quantity 508 Charles Dickens of business (for the prevention of business) done by the Cir- cumlocution Office. Then would tha... ...nagement I have so much abused, and I must work out as much of my fault—or crime—as is susceptible of being worked out in the rest of my days.’ ‘Is it... ...place of hiding, where he might lie sheltered from the consequences of his crime. Mr Pancks deemed it prudent to use all possible despatch in making o...