1818 CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. Public Executions no Deterrent to Forgery and Theft. Account of Hangings.

A graphic tract issued by The Society for Diffusing Information on the Subject of Capital Punishment and Prison Discipline designed to demonstrate that the public execution by hanging of men and women for forgery and theft was cruel, unjust, and ineffective in reducing public crime.

The last hours and the executions of both male and female thieves, as well as the circumstances of their upbringing and crimes are recorded in a fair amount of detail. Also includes a notice of the publication and report of the society, encompassing the final four pages of the tract. Rare.

[Capital Punishment]. Tract, No. III. Of the Society for the Diffusing Information on the Subject of Capital Punishment and Prison Discipline. On the Effects of Capital Punishment as Applied to Forgery and Theft; Including Sentiments of Some Eminent Authors, with Some Account of Recent Occurrences and Proceedings. London. John M'Creery. 1818. 28pp.

Good condition, a bit handled, removed from a larger sammelband at some point; complete as issued. A bit shaken with flotsam from previous binding at spine, least signature quite fragile.