Report of the Committee of the Society for the Improvement of Prison Discipline, and for the Reformation of Juvenile Offenders, Volumes 6-7 |
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... convicted : and , for houses of correction , prisoners committed for trial ; and two classes for the convicted , vagrants included . The number of female debtors , and of women committed for contempt of court on civil process , is in ...
... convicted : and , for houses of correction , prisoners committed for trial ; and two classes for the convicted , vagrants included . The number of female debtors , and of women committed for contempt of court on civil process , is in ...
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... convicted in the year 1823 , is not only less than that in any of the preceding six years , but is nearly on a par ... Convictions . 9510 9318 8788 8209 8204 Acquittals 2635 2511 2501 2348 2480 No Bills found and not 2109 1881 1826 1684 ...
... convicted in the year 1823 , is not only less than that in any of the preceding six years , but is nearly on a par ... Convictions . 9510 9318 8788 8209 8204 Acquittals 2635 2511 2501 2348 2480 No Bills found and not 2109 1881 1826 1684 ...
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... convicted to the committed , ( even including those remaining for trial , ) is as one to three : and the proportion of the whole number of convictions to the aggregate popula- tion is as one to 650 . BUT to proceed to the accounts of ...
... convicted to the committed , ( even including those remaining for trial , ) is as one to three : and the proportion of the whole number of convictions to the aggregate popula- tion is as one to 650 . BUT to proceed to the accounts of ...
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... convicted , but not sen- tenced to hard labour . Prisoners before trial are em- ployed in making list shoes . Several important alterations have taken place in the construction of the house of correction at Wake- field , since the ...
... convicted , but not sen- tenced to hard labour . Prisoners before trial are em- ployed in making list shoes . Several important alterations have taken place in the construction of the house of correction at Wake- field , since the ...
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... convicted to labour as sub- sist on the prison diet . But the Committee submit that the law has marked an evident distinction between simple " work , or labour , not severe , " and " hard labour ; " to confound which , would be in ...
... convicted to labour as sub- sist on the prison diet . But the Committee submit that the law has marked an evident distinction between simple " work , or labour , not severe , " and " hard labour ; " to confound which , would be in ...
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Page 118 - Of law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world ; all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power...
Page 118 - ... her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power : both Angels and men and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all with uniform consent, admiring her as the mother of their peace and joy.
Page 72 - Act, the Justices shall adopt such Plans as shall afford the most effectual Means for the Security, Classification, Health, Inspection, Employment and Religious and Moral Instruction of the Prisoners ; the Building shall be so constructed or applied, and the Keepers
Page 28 - ... behaviour, and condition of the prisoners, the means of setting them to work, the amount of their earnings, and the expenses attending the prison, and...
Page 295 - Esquires, and others their fellows, justices of our said Lord the King, assigned to keep the peace in the county aforesaid, and also to hear and determine divers felonies, trespasses, and other misdemeanors committed in the same county.
Page 292 - I have the honour to acquaint you, for the information of the Right Honourable the Governor.
Page 102 - In the preamble it states, in a beautiful and simple strain of eloquence, that " Nothing is more godly, more sure, more to be wished and desired betwixt a prince, the supreme head and ruler, and the subjects whose governor and head he is, than on the prince's part great clemency and indulgency, and rather too much forgiveness and remission of his royal power and just punishment, than exact severity and justice to be showed; and, on the subjects...
Page 295 - Year of the Reign of Our Sovereign Lord George the Fourth by the Grace of God of the United Kingdom...
Page 104 - Crescente malitia, crescere debuit et pcena;" yet neither will the King exceed the usual punishment of law, nor invent any new torture or torment for them*, but is graciously pleased to afford them as well an ordinary course of trial as an ordinary punishment, much inferior to their offence.
Page 313 - Nine of those poor outcasts from society, 3 boys and 6 girls, clothed in rags, with squalid countenances,were brought in from the police office, and placed before the audience. An address appropriate to so novel an occasion was made by a member of the board, and not an individual, it may safely be affirmed, was present, whose warmest feelings did not vibrate in unison with the philanthropic views which led to the foundation of this house of refuge.