Viewing Samuel Romilly, "Memoirs of the Life of Sir Samuel Romilly" Volume 3 (1841).Samuel Romilly, "Memoirs of the Life of Sir Samuel Romilly" Volume 3 (1841).Sir Samuel Romilly (1757-1818) was a British lawyer, politician, staunch opponent of slavery, and law reformer. For many years he worked tirelessly to reform the so-called "Bloody Code of Justice" under which many petty offenses were capital crimes.
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