Mild punishments sound policy [electronic resource] : or observations on the laws relative to debtors and felons, With an Account of the Frauds practised by Swindlers, Sharpers and others. Also, some Clauses necessary in any future Insolvent Act; and a Plan for the Relief of Poor Distressed Families and others, The second edition, with an appendix, wherein hard labour, substituted in place of transportation, is elucidated and proved to be Sound Policy, and Profitable to the State. By William Smith, M.D.