University of Virginia Library

1932. CRIME, Disproportionate punishment.—

The punishment of crimes against
property is, in most countries, immensely dis


220

Page 220
proportionate to the crime. In England, and
probably in Canada, to steal a hare, is death
the first offence. To steal above the value of
twelve pence is death the second offence.—
Report on Spanish Convention. Washington ed. iii, 353. Ford ed., v, 483.
(1792)