An Essay on Criminal Jurisprudence Pt 1 from the Pamphleteer ONLY
1821réf. 827911821. A Pure Speedy and Cheap Administration of Justice" Beaumont John. Thomas. Barber 1774-1841. An Essay on Criminal Jurisprudence With the Draft of a New Penal Code; In Which It is Attempted to Define Crimes and Offences with Clearness and Brevity; To Render Penalties Proportionate and Consistent And to Promote a Pure Speedy And Cheap Administration of Justice. From the Pamphleteer Vol. XVIII No. 35. London: Printed by A.J. Valpy 1821. 67-80 also numbered 1-14 pp. Octavo 8-1/4" x 5-1/4". Disbound pamphlet. Light toning light foxing to a few leaves ink library stamp to verso of title page. $50. Only edition issued as the first of a three-part serial in the Pamphleteer and also separately by Valpy the Pamphleteer's publisher in 1821. Beaumont was an army officer artist and financier who served as a justice of the peace for London and Middlesex beginning in 1820. In this work he outlines a new system of criminal jurisprudence primarily concerned with efficiency and creating more unpleasant conditions to deter crime. The first part criticizes recent reforms to the prison system particularly on the basis of cost remarking that the "county gaol of Middlesex built on the modern system of spaciousness and comfort and called 'The House of Correction;'.might with more truth be called the 'House of Attraction or Seduction.' unknown books
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