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Severity of Laws Questioned Over Forgery Punishment
Debates on easing capital punishment for forgery feature Mr. B and allies arguing severity breeds crime while witnesses from judges to bankers testify that punishment fails to deter. They cite perjury, social costs, and calls for preventive policing and prisons as better crime control.
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Hobier
Yardly
Thompson
Harmer
Sir Archibald Macdonald
Mr. Dryden
Mr.b
Cheera
A. Macdonald
Old Bailey
Dr. Paley
Mr. Windham
Chillingworth
T. More
Bacon
Coke
Clarendon
Lord Ashburton
W. Blackstone
America
England
Mr. B
Seasions
Pevensey
Society For the Reform of
Lord Coke
Bright
House
J. Smith
Weymouth
Bristol
R. Martin
Dodd
Jamies
Lushington
I’. ¥. Buxton
Ireland
Chester
Stafford
Durham
Ali
Nolan
Bank of England
Country Bank
W. Wynn
Courtenay
Barnstaple
Marquis of Londonderry
F. Buxton
Botany Bay
Wilberforce
Buxton
Londonderry