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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... criminal code was evinced in the punishments of the iron crown , the torture - bed , and the Tarpeian rock . - In succeed- ing periods , the penalties of the feudal system were strongly marked by ferocity ; and the ordeal by fire , and ...
... criminal code was evinced in the punishments of the iron crown , the torture - bed , and the Tarpeian rock . - In succeed- ing periods , the penalties of the feudal system were strongly marked by ferocity ; and the ordeal by fire , and ...
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... criminals , and debtors , must associate , or be deprived of the benefit of air and exercise . Under the yard are four dungeon cells , precisely in the same con- dition as when visited and described by Howard and Neild . These dungeons ...
... criminals , and debtors , must associate , or be deprived of the benefit of air and exercise . Under the yard are four dungeon cells , precisely in the same con- dition as when visited and described by Howard and Neild . These dungeons ...
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... criminals in confinement : thirty awaited their trial , of whom four- teen were under twenty years of age . The borough has the power of trying capital offenders . In another prison belonging to a considerable borough , the keeper does ...
... criminals in confinement : thirty awaited their trial , of whom four- teen were under twenty years of age . The borough has the power of trying capital offenders . In another prison belonging to a considerable borough , the keeper does ...
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... criminals have four sleeping - cells , and there is one room for the refrac- tory : three of these cells are fourteen feet square ; the other is smaller . It is not uncommon , when the prisoners are numerous , to place three or four in ...
... criminals have four sleeping - cells , and there is one room for the refrac- tory : three of these cells are fourteen feet square ; the other is smaller . It is not uncommon , when the prisoners are numerous , to place three or four in ...
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... criminal commitments is considerably smaller , the mean proportion of all the counties being only one in 4285 , and the ... criminals in England and Wales , in pro- portion to the aggregate population , gives a mean ratio of about one in ...
... criminal commitments is considerably smaller , the mean proportion of all the counties being only one in 4285 , and the ... criminals in England and Wales , in pro- portion to the aggregate population , gives a mean ratio of about one 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.