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It is an important support to my opinion,
that the statements of the Justices of Districts
(Häradshöfdingar) called for by the Minister of justice,
respecting flogging and penance, the latter of which
is as destructive as it is degenerate from its
original meaning, have given the following result:
For the abolition of flogging . . . . 48.
For its being retained . . . . . . . 13.
Conditionally . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.
For the abolition of penance . . . . 44.
For its being retained . . . . . . . 21.
Conditionally . . . . . . . . . . . . 12.
It is besides very probable that many among
those who have entertained doubts as to the
propriety of abolishing flogging, have been induced to
for so by the very little confidence they entertain
for our prison regulations and houses of
correction, and that this so well grounded fear has
affected their judgment considerably.
A praiseworthy opposition against flogging,
and a grievous experience of the highly imperfect
state of our present houses of correction, have more
and more directed the public attention to the
system of transportation, the introduction of which
has, during the present Diet, been urged by several
respectable members. At the first view it seems
as if this system ought to be accompanied by the
important advantage of freeing the country of
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