General rules, orders, regulations, and bye-laws, for the inspection and government of the gaol and houses of correction for the county of Salop ... : To which are added, extracts from diverse statutes relating to prisons in general, and a statement of the duties of courts of justice, magistrates, sheriffs, gaolers, and other officers, with respect to gaols and offenders; selected under different heads.
- Date:
- 1797
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: General rules, orders, regulations, and bye-laws, for the inspection and government of the gaol and houses of correction for the county of Salop ... : To which are added, extracts from diverse statutes relating to prisons in general, and a statement of the duties of courts of justice, magistrates, sheriffs, gaolers, and other officers, with respect to gaols and offenders; selected under different heads. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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