Notes and Narratives of a Six Years' Mission, Principally Among the Dens of London |
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Page 11
... Prison regulations were at that period very lax . As many as ten and even more persons would be executed at Newgate at once , and the care which is now exercised was not taken then . She was delivered to her friends for burial ...
... Prison regulations were at that period very lax . As many as ten and even more persons would be executed at Newgate at once , and the care which is now exercised was not taken then . She was delivered to her friends for burial ...
Page 69
... Prison , Pentonville , Dr. Grain- ger , of the Board of Health , etc. : - " In presenting their Sixth Annual Report , your Committee desire first to acknowledge the unfailing goodness of Almighty God , in fostering this insti- tution ...
... Prison , Pentonville , Dr. Grain- ger , of the Board of Health , etc. : - " In presenting their Sixth Annual Report , your Committee desire first to acknowledge the unfailing goodness of Almighty God , in fostering this insti- tution ...
Page 103
... prison ) but once , and that was for drink . ' From his sub- sequent narrative , I found he was the man who , about three months since , committed one of the most desperate outrages I ever remembered to have occurred in this ...
... prison ) but once , and that was for drink . ' From his sub- sequent narrative , I found he was the man who , about three months since , committed one of the most desperate outrages I ever remembered to have occurred in this ...
Page 158
... prison for political offences ? ' Let's see , ' said Mr. who still retains the Hunt's Radical hat , ' there was twice in the Comp- ter , Giltspur Street , eighteen months each ; once , " 6 2 do in short , he reckoned up twenty 158 ...
... prison for political offences ? ' Let's see , ' said Mr. who still retains the Hunt's Radical hat , ' there was twice in the Comp- ter , Giltspur Street , eighteen months each ; once , " 6 2 do in short , he reckoned up twenty 158 ...
Page 172
... Prison preferred to liberty - The slavery of sin - An affecting result of investigation - Facilities for drunkenness on the district - Replication of sin - Formation of Total Abstinence Society on the district — A bricklayer's oration ...
... Prison preferred to liberty - The slavery of sin - An affecting result of investigation - Facilities for drunkenness on the district - Replication of sin - Formation of Total Abstinence Society on the district — A bricklayer's oration ...
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