Report of the California State Penological Commission: In Compliance with Senate Concurrent Resolution No. 5, Passed February 16, 1885 [and Report of W.C. Hendricks to the Penological Commission of California, a Supplemental Or Minority Report of Said Commission].

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Shoaff, 1887 - Всего страниц: 338

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Стр. 14 - How think ye? if a man have an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into the mountains, and seeketh that which is gone astray.
Стр. 159 - It is good neither to eat flesh nor to drink wine, nor anything whereby thy brother stumbleth or is offended or is made weak.
Стр. 58 - Heaven is not reached at a single bound ; But we build the ladder by which we rise From the lowly earth to the vaulted skies, And we mount to its summit round by round.
Стр. 71 - ... to return to actual custody any conditionally released or paroled prisoner, and it is hereby made the duty of all officers to execute said order the same as ordinary criminal process.
Стр. 142 - Tis granted, and no plainer truth appears, Our most important are our earliest years. The mind impressible and soft, with ease Imbibes and copies what she hears and sees, And through life's labyrinth holds fast the clue That education gives her, false or true.
Стр. 55 - ... or of release from their control, which system shall be subject to revision from time to time. Each prisoner so sentenced shall be credited...
Стр. 126 - January, eighteen hundred and eighty-two, the labor of convicts shall not be let out by contract to any person, copartnership, company, or corporation, and the Legislature shall, by law, provide for the working of convicts for the benefit of the State.
Стр. 118 - Humanity and good policy conspire to dictate, that the benign prerogative of pardoning should be as little as possible fettered or embarrassed. The criminal code of every country partakes so much of necessary severity, that without an easy access to exceptions in favor of unfortunate guilt, justice would wear a countenance too sanguinary and cruel.
Стр. 71 - ... who may have served the minimum term provided by law for the crime for which he was convicted, and who has not previously been convicted of a felony, and served a term in a penal institution...
Стр. 98 - ... of the persons to whom Issued, the date of issue, the time for which the same was granted, and the sums paid therefor, and to perform such other duties as he may be required to perform by the provisions of this act, or by ordinance. He shall receive for his services a salary to be fixed by the city council, not exceeding the sum of one hundred dollars per month.

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