An Account of the State Prison Or Penitentiary House, in the City of New-York, Tema 2Isaac Collins and son, 1801 - 109 páginas Discusses the first state prison, Newgate Prison in New York written by the first Director. |
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... present age . HOWARD , * the active and indefatigable friend of man , by exploring the prisons and dungeons of Europe , and , from their dark and unvifited receffes , bringing to light the enormous abuses and dreadful miferies produced ...
... present age . HOWARD , * the active and indefatigable friend of man , by exploring the prisons and dungeons of Europe , and , from their dark and unvifited receffes , bringing to light the enormous abuses and dreadful miferies produced ...
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... presents to our view a man who claims the praise of being the first to frame and propose a criminal code from which the punishment of death was excluded , except in the fingle case of premeditated murder , and by which each crime ...
... presents to our view a man who claims the praise of being the first to frame and propose a criminal code from which the punishment of death was excluded , except in the fingle case of premeditated murder , and by which each crime ...
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... presents a written report specifying the number of convicts in the prison and their various employments ; how many ... present , con- fifts of twelve , who are allowed each a falary of two hundred and fifty dollars a year , with diet ...
... presents a written report specifying the number of convicts in the prison and their various employments ; how many ... present , con- fifts of twelve , who are allowed each a falary of two hundred and fifty dollars a year , with diet ...
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... present renders escapes more eafily to be effect- ed . Confidering the rapid increase of New - York for the last ten years , it is probable that in double that portion of time , the State - Prison will be the middle point of the western ...
... present renders escapes more eafily to be effect- ed . Confidering the rapid increase of New - York for the last ten years , it is probable that in double that portion of time , the State - Prison will be the middle point of the western ...
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... present condition and past conduct , he may fooner or later perceive the wickednefs and folly of his former courfe of life , feel the bitter pangs of remorfe , and be difpofed to future amendment . In At first , the Judges , in some ...
... present condition and past conduct , he may fooner or later perceive the wickednefs and folly of his former courfe of life , feel the bitter pangs of remorfe , and be difpofed to future amendment . In At first , the Judges , in some ...
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An Account of the State Prison Or Penitentiary House, in the City of New-York Thomas Eddy Sin vista previa disponible - 2018 |
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An Account of the State Prison Or Penitentiary House, in the City of New ... Thomas Eddy Sin vista previa disponible - 2017 |
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Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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...
Página 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,
Página 83 - March, 1778, {hall falfcly make, alter, forge, or counterfeit, or caufe or procure to be falfely made, altered, forged, or counterfeited, or...
Página 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...
Página 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.