The state of the prisons in England and Wales, with preliminary observations, and an account of some foreign prisons and hospitals / By John Howard, F.R.S.
- John Howard
- Date:
- 1792
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The state of the prisons in England and Wales, with preliminary observations, and an account of some foreign prisons and hospitals / By John Howard, F.R.S. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![castle y perfon appearing upon a recognizance at the affizes and afterwards tried upon any indidment or indidments whatfoever and fhall be committed thereon mall pay to the faid keeper upon his difcharge - - - - 0 6 8 Every prifoner Ihall pay to the turnkey of the faid gaol or prifon upon his difcharge o i o Confirmed by us Henry Reay, Mayor. John Jfaacfon, Recorder. Richard Ridley, :'7^']Aldermen, 'r'y J Nathanael Clayton. J? Jo *'ja Stephen Coulfo Francis Rudjton, r J We do approve of this Table of Fees July 27. 1730, Francis Page John Fortescue a Judges. There is alfo at NEWCASTLE, A fmall Gaol, the 'Tower in the Clofe, confifling of three rooms over the gate-way. No court: no fewer: no water. Allowance, two pence a day, and coals. Salary, £10. Fees, is. I775> Jan* 8, Prifoners 2. 1779, June 30, Prifoners 1. i776, 15, - - 1. 1782, Mar. 25, - - 2. The Old House of Correction, called the Tallow-House: two rooms, one for men, the other for women, and a dungeon now not ufed: no court: no water: allowance two pence a day, and coals. Salary, £15. Fees, is. Criminals are firft committed to the Tower in the Clofe for a day or two, and if not difcharged by a magiftrate, are removed hither or to the other prifons. 1776, Jan. 15, Prifoner 1. 1782, March 25, Prifoners 2. Bridewell. A room for men; another for women. A new building is now added, confifling of fix rooms with chimneys. Three of them on the ground-floor are 17 feet by 12, and arched with brick. In one room, the men by a machine, beat hemp and flax. The walls of the court not being fecure, the prifoners have no accefs to it. Their allowance is two pence a day, and firing. The keeper is a fergeant at mace. He has no falary, but the profit of the prifoners work, whom I always found employed. The water is brought near the prifon *. Claufes againft fpirituous liquors not hung up. 1775, Jan. 8, Prifoners 1. 1779> June 3°> Pri^oners 7- 1776, , 15, - - 5. I782, Mar. 25, - - 5. * Where prifoners are always locked up, there mould be water laid in to each ward, as I have feen an foreign houfes of correction. NORTHUMBERLAND,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2136493x_0474.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
