A letter to the justices of the peace for the county of Surrey, on the cases in the House of Correction at Guildford, presented by Mr. Briscoe to them at their general quarter sessions, on the 13th of January, 1824 / by Henry Drummond.
- Henry Drummond
- Date:
- 1824
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Credit: A letter to the justices of the peace for the county of Surrey, on the cases in the House of Correction at Guildford, presented by Mr. Briscoe to them at their general quarter sessions, on the 13th of January, 1824 / by Henry Drummond. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![CASE 10. William Milford.—Age 28.—Sentence, twelve months. On the 25th of November, William Milford stated:— ‘ I have worked on the ivheel eight months. I * was well on coming in. I suffer now from ‘ great jpain in my loins and breast. I find ‘ myself so reduced, and in so weak a state, that * I shall not be able to get my breadl On being asked why he did not complain to the surgeon, i I do complain, Sir] he replied; * but the * surgeon tells me, it is the effect of the wheel, and * there is no remedy for it.' On the 24nth of December, he added:— ‘ I now feel myself worse. My constitution is ‘ entirely decayed William Milford is a carver and gilder, a single man, earning thirty shillings per week. When a boy he was at sea, but has been at home ever since 1814. It is quite natural, that a sedentary occupa- tion, with thirty shillings’ worth of food weekly, should make a man fatter than hard labour, with only three shillings’ worth of food. He has worked constantly on the Tread-wheel: and though there is no doubt but that he would express himself in the way that he is above stated to have done, to an](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22390674_0019.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
