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LECTURE II. — THE CRIMINAL LAW.
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In the beginning of the first Lecture it was shown that the appeals of the early law were directed only to intentional1 wrongs. The appeal was a far older form of procedure than the indictment2, and may be said to have had a criminal as well as a civil aspect. It had the double object of satisfying the private party for his loss, and the king for the breach3 of his peace. On its civil side it was rooted in vengeance4. It was a proceeding5 to recover those compositions, at first optional, afterwards compulsory6, by which a wrong-doer bought the spear from his side. Whether, so far as concerned the king, it had the same object of vengeance, or was more particularly directed to revenue, does not matter, since the claim of the king did not enlarge the scope of the action.
It would seem to be a fair inference that indictable offences were originally limited in the same way as those which gave rise to an appeal. For whether the indictment arose by a splitting up of the appeal, or in some other way, the two were closely connected.
An acquittal of the appellee on the merits was a bar to an indictment; and, on the other hand, when an appeal was fairly started, although the appellor might fail to prosecute7, or might be defeated by plea, the cause might still be proceeded with on behalf of the king. /1/
[40] The presentment, which is the other parent of our criminal procedure, had an origin distinct from the appeal. If, as has been thought, it was merely the successor of fresh suit and lynch law, /1/ this also is the child of vengeance, even more clearly than the other.
The desire for vengeance imports an opinion that its object is actually and personally to blame. It takes an internal standard, not an objective or external one, and condemns9 its victim by that. The question is whether such a standard is still accepted either in this
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vengeance
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forgery
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penal
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propriety
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repented
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undoubtedly
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justification
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motive
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perfectly
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well-being
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doctrines
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improper
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sufficiently
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ascertained
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abstain
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indifference
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temperament
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conformity
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transgression
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motives
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peril
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infancy
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precisely
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folly
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reconciliation
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prudence
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lawful
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custody
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imprison
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lawfully
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offender
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maliciously
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enumeration
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trespass
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