An Account of the State Prison Or Penitentiary House, in the City of New-York, العدد 2Isaac Collins and son, 1801 - 109 من الصفحات Discusses the first state prison, Newgate Prison in New York written by the first Director. |
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... course of labour . If the prison- er is ignorant of any of the branches of industry established in the prison , which is generally the case , or refuses to select any , the keeper decides , and he is compelled to learn of those who are ...
... course of labour . If the prison- er is ignorant of any of the branches of industry established in the prison , which is generally the case , or refuses to select any , the keeper decides , and he is compelled to learn of those who are ...
الصفحة 33
... course , but is left to be imposed by the Inspectors on fuch only as are otherwise refractory and incorrigible . EMPLOYMENT . - Two years elapfed after the prison was opened for the reception of convicts , be- fore the outer walls were ...
... course , but is left to be imposed by the Inspectors on fuch only as are otherwise refractory and incorrigible . EMPLOYMENT . - Two years elapfed after the prison was opened for the reception of convicts , be- fore the outer walls were ...
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... course of productive labour . To find suitable employ- ment for fo many perfons , was a matter of confi- derable difficulty . In the choice of occupations , regard must be had to those which require the leaft capital , are moft ...
... course of productive labour . To find suitable employ- ment for fo many perfons , was a matter of confi- derable difficulty . In the choice of occupations , regard must be had to those which require the leaft capital , are moft ...
الصفحة 66
... course of human conduct , be ac- companied with evidence of greater or lefs depra- vity ; there this attribute of the chief executive ma- giftrate feems neceffary , to remedy the imperfection of the general law , and to render the ...
... course of human conduct , be ac- companied with evidence of greater or lefs depra- vity ; there this attribute of the chief executive ma- giftrate feems neceffary , to remedy the imperfection of the general law , and to render the ...
الصفحة 68
... course of good conduct and industry , but a pre- eminent and unexceptionable behaviour , that should entitle a prisoner to this grace . A convic radically and incurably depraved , in hope of gain , ing favour , may , for a season , so ...
... course of good conduct and industry , but a pre- eminent and unexceptionable behaviour , that should entitle a prisoner to this grace . A convic radically and incurably depraved , in hope of gain , ing favour , may , for a season , so ...
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acceffary adjudged Affault and Battery affiftant keepers againſt alſo Arfon attainted beſt cafe caſe cauſe cents chattels circumſtances city of New-York Coft committed confideration courſe court criminal diminiſhed diſcharged dollars Dolls eſcape eſtabliſhment exerciſe expenſe faid prifon falary fame fecurity felony fentenced feven feveral fhall be deemed fhould fince firſt fociety folitude fome ftate fubject fuch perfon Fuel fuffer fufficient furniſh further enacted fyftem gaol Grand Larceny guilty hard labour himſelf houſe impriſonment increaſe Indian meal indictment induſtry inftitution Inſpectors juftice laſt lefs legiſlator legiſlature leſs ment molaffes month moſt muſt neceffary number of crimes otherwiſe oyer and terminer paffing pardon penal laws Pennſylvania perfon fhall perfon who fhall Petit Larceny preſent prevent priſon puniſhment puniſhment of death purchaſe purpoſe raw materials reaſonable reformation refpect ſaid ſeveral ſhall Sodomy ſome ſpecified ſtate ſuch ſyſtem thereof theſe thoſe treaſurer uſe vifit whatſoever wiſdom
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الصفحة 6 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons ; to plunge into the infection of hospitals ; to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain ; to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt; to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
الصفحة 83 - ... or any acquittance or receipt, either for money or goods, or any accountable receipt for any note, bill, or other security for payment of money, or any warrant or order for payment of money or delivery of goods, with intention to defraud...
الصفحة 6 - ... and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries. His plan is original ; and it is as full of genius as it is of humanity. It was a voyage of discovery , a circumnavigation of charity.
الصفحة 83 - ... any acceptance of any bill of exchange, or the number or principal fum of any accountable receipt for any note, bill, or other fecurity for...
الصفحة 6 - I cannot name this gentleman without remarking that his labours and writings have done much to open the eyes and hearts of mankind. He has visited all Europe,— not to survey the sumptuousness of palaces, or the stateliness of temples; not to make accurate measurements of the remains of ancient grandeur, nor to form a scale of the curiosity of modern art; not to collect medals, or collate manuscripts:— but to dive into the depths of...
الصفحة 83 - ... obligatory, bill of exchange, promissory note for payment of money, indorsement or assignment of any bill of exchange, or promissory note for payment of money, acquittance or receipt either for money or goods...
الصفحة 95 - ... and on consideration of his circumstances, in open court to order the treasurer of the county or place in which the offence shall have been committed, to pay such person such sum of money as to the said court shall seem reasonable for his time, trouble, and ex* pense,
الصفحة 83 - March, 1778, {hall falfcly make, alter, forge, or counterfeit, or caufe or procure to be falfely made, altered, forged, or counterfeited, or...
الصفحة 91 - State prison," forfeiture. except treason, shall hereafter work a forfeiture of goods, chattels, lands, tenements, or hereditaments, or of any right therein, and that all forfeitures to the people of this...
الصفحة 59 - It is well known that the greater number of crimes originate in the irregular and vicious habits produced by intoxication, and by the idle, low, and dissipated practices encouraged in taverns and tipplinghouses. There are few criminals whose gradual depravation cannot be traced to this source.