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1 Joseph P. Thompson, The Right and Necessity of Inflicting the Punishment of Death for Murder 1 (1842)

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THE


          RIGHT AND NECESSITY




                  OF INFLICTING THE






PUNISHMENT OF DEATH



                        FOR



                MURDER.


          BY  JOSEPH P- THOMPSON,
   PASTOR OF THE CHAPEL STREET CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH-







 'It is the interest of the whole Commonwealth to be concerned for the preserva-
 tion of the supreme authority; and as long as that continues entire, the most profli.
gate criminals may be kept under restraint.-Pufendorf.








                   NEW  HAVEN:
              PRINTED BY J. M. PATTEN,

                       1842.