- BECCA`RIA, CÆSARE BONESANA, MARQUIS OF
- an Italian publicist, author of a celebrated "Treatise on Crimes and Punishments," which has been widely translated, and contributed much to lessen the severity of sentences in criminal cases. He was a utilitarian in philosophy and a disciple of Rousseau in politics.
The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. James Wood. 1907.