Revelations of Prison Life: With an Enquiry Into Prison Discipline and Secondary Punishments, Том 1Hurst and Blackett, 1856 - Всего страниц: 380 |
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affirmed amongst appeared assailed authority became Bridewell Captain Ashe cell chaplain character charge cholera Clerkenwell Cold Bath Fields committed committee consequently consigned contrivances conviction corruption countenance crime criminal deemed delinquent demeanour discharge doubtless Duke Duke of Cumberland effect ensued excited fact failed favourable female frequent gaol gentleman GILTSPUR STREET COMPTER Glasgow governor hard labour Hoare HOME INSPECTORS honour hope House of Correction Ilchester imprisonment indulgence inmates instances intelligence Julia King ladies late length magistrates ment Middlesex Millbank Prison mind observation occasion offence penal penal labour Penitentiary period persons police possessed practice prevailed prison discipline proved punishment rare reform remarkable rendered respect Royal Artillery Samuel Hoare scarcely secure seemed sentence separate system silent system Sims strange swell mob tended TERMAGANT thieves tion TREAD-WHEEL turnkey utter vicious visiting justices ward whole woman yardsman young
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Стр. 3 - To have been one of the humble instruments, in the hands of Divine Providence, for bringing to reason a ferocious government, and destroying for ever the insufferable and horrid system of Christian slavery, can never cease to be a source of delight and heartfelt comfort to every individual happy enough to be employed in it.
Стр. 302 - Courtenay, and Mr. Wetherell opposed it, replying most triumphantly to every thing except the vague assertions and general invective of their adversaries. It was rejected after two nights debate, by 174 to 89. ' A committee was appointed by the House of Lords to inquire into the state of the appellate jurisdiction. The substance of their report will be found in a subsequent part of this volume Qpage 63*].
Стр. 336 - MEMOIRS OF THE COURT AND CABINETS OF GEORGE THE THIRD, FROM ORIGINAL FAMILY DOCUMENTS.
Стр. 325 - ... construction of the sewer, or privy pipes, by means of which the convicts were enabled to communicate with each other. This defect was well nigh proving fatal to the institution, inasmuch as a general insurrection had been concerted by the convicts, and was on the point of breaking out, when it was discovered by the vigilance of the warden, and frustrated by his energy and decision.
Стр. 336 - Borodino; the fire of Moscow; the retreat of Napoleon ; the conquest of Spain ; the surrender of Napoleon ; the return from Elba ,- the Congress of Vienna ; the Hundred Days ; the crowning carnage of Waterloo ; the exile to St. Helena; the return of the Bourbons; the settlement of Europe; the public scandals...
Стр. 332 - upon the whole has been very successful, and offers great encouragement for the further development of its principles,
Стр. 18 - Men and women, boys and girls were indiscriminately herded together, in this chief county prison, without employment, or wholesome control ; while smoking, gaming, singing, and every species of brutalizing conversation and demeanour, tended to the unlimited advancement of crime and pollution. Meanwhile, the governor of that day, walked about, bearing in his hand a knotted rope, and ever and anon, he would seize some unlucky GOVERNOR ARIS. 19 wight by the collar or arm, and rope's-end him severely...
Стр. 225 - you could suggest to us some mode of employing those fellows ! Could nothing like a wheel become available ?' An instantaneous idea flashed through the mind of Mr. Cubitt, who whispered to himself, ' the wheel elongated! ' and merely saying to his interrogator — ' Something has struck me which may prove worthy of further consideration, and perhaps you may hear from me upon the subject,
Стр. 134 - Life, but prob, in use since ca. 1830 ; t ьу 1940. Ex flimp, V. flimping, n. ' Some thieves are expert at snatching anything from the person, and this branch [of robbery] is termed flimping. A lady's reticule, a gentleman's watch, or a child's necklace, in a press (or, as they term it, a pu-sh), is readily taken by the flimper, who, behind others, watches his opportunity to snatch it away. This is most frequently practised at theatres ' : 1856, GL Chesterton, Revelations of Prison Life, I, 134-5...
Стр. 77 - In one of these penitential moods, she prevailed upon the chaplain to interpose with her father in her behalf; and, by this interposition, his condition, and her real circumstances, became known to us. This disclosure presented one of my earliest insights into the all-absorbing^ and scarcely-credible influence of the passion for ardent spirits ; and after-experience taught me the utter hopelessness of reform (especially in the female character), when once that accursed craving had assumed a chronic...