Volume 1 (of 2) by Alexis de Toqueville]@TWC D-Link book Volume 1 (of 2) 6/26 The consequence was that the punishment of death was never more frequently prescribed by the statute, and never more rarely enforced towards the guilty. 28; Hartford, 1830.] [Footnote q: See also in "Hutchinson's History," vol.i.pp. 435, 456, the analysis of the penal code adopted in 1648 by the Colony of Massachusetts: this code is drawn up on the same principles as that of Connecticut.] [Footnote r: Adultery was also punished with death by the law of Massachusetts: and Hutchinson, vol.i.p. 441, says that several persons actually suffered for this crime. He quotes a curious anecdote on this subject, which occurred in the year 1663. |