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Title: A Plea for the Criminal
Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the
Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles
of Criminological and Reformatory Science

Author: James Leslie Allan Kayll

Release Date: April 29, 2009 [EBook #28632]

Language: English

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DEDICATED
TO MANY KIND FRIENDS.

A PLEA
FOR THE CRIMINAL.

BEING A REPLY TO DR. CHAPPLE'S WORK:
"THE FERTILITY OF THE UNFIT,"

AND

AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN THE LEADING
PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINOLOGICAL &
REFORMATORY SCIENCE.

By

THE REV. J. L. A. KAYLL,

CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HOWARD
ASSOCIATION.

INVERCARGILL!
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MCMV.

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