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Excerpt from The State of the Prisons in England and Wales: With Preliminary Observations, and an Account of Some Foreign Prisons
IN order to redrefs this hardfhip, I applied to the jufiices Of the county for a falary to the gaoler in lieu of his fees. The bench were properly affected with the grievance, and willing to grant the relief defired but they wanted a pre cedent for Charging the county with the expence. I there fore rode into feveral neighbouring counties in fearch of a precedent; but I foon learned that the fame injuftice was praétifed in them; and looking into the prifons, I beheld fcenes Of calamity, which I grew daily more and more anxi ous to alleviate. In order therefore to gain a more perfeét knowledge of the particulars and extent of it, by various and accurate Obfervation, I vifited molt of the County - Gaol: in England.
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IN order to redrefs this hardfhip, I applied to the jufiices Of the county for a falary to the gaoler in lieu of his fees. The bench were properly affected with the grievance, and willing to grant the relief defired but they wanted a pre cedent for Charging the county with the expence. I there fore rode into feveral neighbouring counties in fearch of a precedent; but I foon learned that the fame injuftice was praétifed in them; and looking into the prifons, I beheld fcenes Of calamity, which I grew daily more and more anxi ous to alleviate. In order therefore to gain a more perfeét knowledge of the particulars and extent of it, by various and accurate Obfervation, I vifited molt of the County - Gaol: in England.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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Publisher - Forgotten Books
Language - English
Hardback
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Author
John Howard
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ISBN - 9780265158265
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm
Page Count - 524
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Author
John Howard
Published Date -
ISBN - 9781332200139
Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 2.8 cm
Page Count - 526
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