and still not amenable to this constitutional inhibition; that is, provided it mollifies, instead of aggravating, the rigor of the criminal law. Boston v. Cummins, 16 Ga. 102, 60 Am. Dec. 717; Cummin v. Missouri, 4 Wall. 277, 18 L. Ed. 856; U.S. v. Hall, 2 Wash. C. C. 866, Fed. Cas. No. 15,285; Woart v. Winnick, 3 N. H. 473. 14