Proceedings of the grand juries, magistrates, and other noblemen and gentlemen, of the county of Glocester, on designing & executing a general reform in the construction and regulation of the prisons for the said county ... / by Sir G. O. Paul.
- Sir George Onesiphorus Paul, 2nd Baronet
- Date:
- 1808
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Proceedings of the grand juries, magistrates, and other noblemen and gentlemen, of the county of Glocester, on designing & executing a general reform in the construction and regulation of the prisons for the said county ... / by Sir G. O. Paul. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![[27 ] For reafons that will appear in the Regiflcr of proceedings, the Commiflioners thought it for the intereft of the public, and juftice between the parties, to agree with Mr. Fentiman (one of Rogers's fecu- rities) to complete the work for the fum of i,oocl. in addition to the original contract; and to direct that Mr. Rogers, fen. (the other fecurity) fhould be fued on his bond for the i,oool. fo paid, as the lofs fuflained by the County by the non-performance of the contract. After combating the delays and intri- cacies of the law for two years, judgment has at length been obtained, and the cffe&s of the defendant taken in execution; but as the value amounted to no more than 40I. the defendant is your prifoner for the remainder; and, by fo much as he is incapable of difcharging this debt, fn much is the public lofs by the firfl contra# not being completed : fuppofe tlve County to lofe 960I.* and adding this to 6,930!. (the terms of the original contra# with Rogers,) it is lefs by 4,2651. than the next moft favourable propofal that had been made. The Commiflioners are there- fore juftified in faying, that, under all the circum- flances, the bell pollible bargain has been made in this particular. The delay in execution of the work has . been a caufe of increafe of expence, principally by the confequent neceflity of continuing to pay the * Since the delivery of this Addrcts, the Commiflioners have con- tented to liberate Rogers on hi, paying sool. as a competition tor his debt, which diminilhes the lofs by fo much. wages](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28750160_0129.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
