New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1893-07-02

En-,h judge, AMI law journal, aayc lei forth
/ recently opposing opinions on the subject # the
amount of punishment which should be inflicted for
criminal offences. The Recorder OF Liverpool believes
! HAT Hight .enfcnccs are NOR, encclual than severe
| pcuultir, ana Pc not only -hows hi, belief 10y hi,
| treatment o. criminal, brought before him, but fire.
qucnty In pubic speech and in addresses the Grand
Jury Ap0und, his doctrines AZ great length. ON the
other hand v. !. stewart. intelligent magistrate
rf liverpool. h1- written -r't', Of articles for The
Law MAGAZINE and Review in which he advocates thc
| iuilcion OF severe penalties. lie says that some
Judge, taxi, the minimum punt rs the standard
and ada th, penalty according To the drclms ancrs
| lie believes, hOWrvtr that the maximum penalty
-hoi III Dee the staudiid and n deduction should be
made only when the circumstances mitigate H.
severity Prcyiou, x cd character or other reasons
may lead to Il lower penalty, but he thinks that
ordinarily tho punishments are necessary IN
order To deter persons rom committing crime. lie
does not think that the object OF punishment Of re-
forming the criminal can usually BE- accomplished,
the main OBJECT Of punishment under ia" present
,s.t he b,l ", to De- to Brighten criminals INTO
! obedience = the law The Irish Law Lines in
am article on mi, subject ref to the severe penal
Zee, Tor thcu imPo-cu bA English judges, and adds:
The terrible temptations Of the destitute poor never
uidgc,. \ man ma, sometime, been sent into penal
scr,itude tor t'n yeHr' 0r s'einS ic" silver so1nr
death has escaped with thrr" months imprisonment
On,n'c, AGAINST property '' n IN the Ensn'n conrts
while oiicnc-, asiin, tAc person som Zine,
mildly dealt with than Ia the ,ouIts of the United
states.
Among the laws passed by tAc last Legislature
there was on" with TIL, attractive little: An Act TO
IroNhc or the pay Eicnt OF debts in towns" Tn
fortunately, New or> city VA, not OF the towns
in which the payment Of debts WIS provided for.
and creditors will still have to pursue the usual
method, Of collecting what /, due them. \ reading
Of ne statute, however, SHOWS that IT does not ycai
provide y New way 10 ltA ihu Itplo nut Simply
nA,s the methods by which the debts of certain
towns and not in certain towns may be met.
several decisions have ju,t been rendered in the
courts in relation TO horses. The General Term OF
the supreme Court in the Third Department has been
asked To pass upon the quc,t TO whether Il vet
Urinary surgeon who attended upon sick horse
could $lO from the owner of the horse for
the treatment given A. however it appeared that
Tie veterinary surgeon had entirely mistaken the
complaint from which the horse was suffering, the
Albany CITY Court refused to enforce the payment
o. the fee. The County Court To different
conclusion. bur the General Term has sustained the
rial court and the surgeon, although long tim,
hho la.Sed may not recover his tcidolar lee. TIE
noh'Iil Term 81 The supreme Court oil me second
l. par mcnt has twice had before Ii an action 10y
driver to obtain damages from the owner Of kicking
and the General Term Ina, Just affirmed the Judgment.
j. holds that 1T IS the duty of employers 10 inform
those who work ,Or them of exposure 10 unusual
danger, and in this case the owner Of the horse did
mt inform the driver that the horse was liable 10 kick
The responses In the marriage service fire.
qucnty audible. but it rarely happens that a
woman endciNors obtain freedom from the marriage
relation the ground that she aid not actively con
sent to ths marriage 10y clergy man The General
Term OF the supreme Court Of the Second department
has Just decided that such Il prctcncc has no weight
~ the woman did not take the trouble To INFORM the
clergyman that she hhd any objection 10 the per
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