Full Title:
An Essay on Crimes and Punishments. By The Marquis Beccaria of Milan. With a Commentary by M. de Voltaire. A New Edition Corrected.
Written by Cesare Beccaria. Printed in Edinburgh by James Donaldson, 1788.
Chapter XVI. Of torture:
THE torture of a criminal, during the course of his trial, is a cruelty consecrated by custom in most [...]
