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1390 ANNO REGNI DECIMO NONO Cap. 74.

or order him
to be whipped
Discretion shall seem meet; or otherwise it shall be lawful,
instead of such Burning or Marking, in any of the
Cases aforesaid, except in the Case of Manslaughter, to
order and adjudge that such Offender shall be Once, or
oftener, but not more than Three Times, either publickly
or privately whipped, such private Whipping to be inflicted
in the Presence of not less than Two Persons,
besides the Offender and the Officer who inflicts the
same; and in case of Female offenders, in the Presence
of Females only; and such Fine or Whipping; so imposed
or inflicted, instead of such Burning or Marking,
shall have the like Effects and Consequences to the Party
on whom the same, or either of them, shall be so imposed
or inflicted, with respect to any Discharge from the same,
or other Felonies, or any Restitution to his or her
Estates, Capacities, and Credits, as if he or she had
been burned or marked as aforesaid.

The Act not
to abridge the
Powers vested
in the said
Courts of Imprisoning
Offenders.
2. Provided always, and be it further enacted, That nothing
in this Act contained shall abridge or deprive any of
the said Courts of the Powers now vested in them by
Law of detaining and keeping in Prison, for any Time
not exceeding One Year, or of committing to the House
The legislation
did not prove that
this could for
D. of Portland to
make all these
provisions
necessary of Correction, or public Workhouse, to be kept to Hard
Labour for any Time not less than Six Months, or exceeding
Two Years, any such Offender as aforesaid;
but that such Offender may, if such Court shall think fit,
after such Burning or Marking, or after such Whipping
or Fine, as shall by virtue of this present Act be
inflicted or imposed instead thereof, be so detained or committed,
and with such accumulated Punishment, in case
of escape from such House of Correction or Workhouse,
as if this Act had never been made.

His Majesty
impowered to
appoint Three
Supervisors,
who are to fix
upon a Piece
of Ground,
and to erect
thereon two
Substantial
Edifices, to be
called Penitentiary
Houses,
for confining
and employing
Convicts.
National
Penitentiary
Houses
5 And whereas, if many Offenders, convicted of Crimes
for which Transportation hath been usually inflicted, were
ordered to solitary Imprisonment, accompanied by well-regulated
Labour, and religious Instruction, it might be
the Means, under Providence, not only of deterring
others from the Commission of the like Crimes, but also
of reforming the Individuals, and inuring them to Habits
of Industry; be it therefore further enacted, That it
shall

Identifier: | JB/116/650/007 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 116.
Date_1	1779	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	116	Main Headings	panopticon versus new south wales
Folio number	650	Info in main headings field
Image	007	Titles
Category	printed material	Number of Pages
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	(1387-1428)
Penner		Watermarks
Marginals		Paper Producer
Corrections	jeremy bentham	Paper Produced in Year
Notes public	enclosed within a wrapper and annotated by bentham	ID Number	38183
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