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1801 Jany 24th
Panop. 1. Collectanea

Times Jany 24th 1801.
Court of King's
Bench. Guildhall.

After the proper
Officer, pursuant to
the Statute of the
present King, had
read the Report respecting
the state
of health, conduct,
&c of the convicts at
Woolwich,

The Lord Chief Justice
observed, that on
the first day of the
last term, when a
similar report was
read, he had stated,
what it was his
duty to state, that
a certain complaint
had been made that
the cloathing furnished
to the Convicts
on their being discharged
was very
inadequate to the
price paid for it by
the public, and that
he had caused an
inquiry to be made
at the Secretary of
State's Office into the
truth of that complaint.
His Lordship
read the Report
which had
been sent to him by
one of the confidential
servants of the Crown,
in answer to that
inquiry; and the
result of this Report
was, that no blame
attached on the Keeper;
and, said his
Lordship it is the
opinion

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opinion of that
individual at least,
that the whole system
had better be
amended, or perhaps
annihilated; I therefore
think it is fit
to say, that, as far
as this is a charge
on the Keeper, it
does not all appear
to be made out.

Mr Campbell said
he was extremely
obliged to his Lordship,
for the last observation
he had been pleased
to make, as it compleatly
vindicated
his character from
an attack that had
been made upon it.

His Lordship said
Mr. Campbell had
a right to expect it. –
"It was my duty"
said is Lordship "to
"hear the charge made,
"and to enquire into
"the truth of it; but
"when that charge
"is done away, it is
equally my duty
"to see that no
"blame rests upon
"you".

Times July 1st 1801

About the beginning
of last week, a Convict,
said to have been a
highwayman escaped
from Portsmouth Dock
yard. He effected his
purpose by having partly
unfettered himself,
tying a handkerchief
round his leg, and putting
on long trowsers &
a carters frock, in which
disguise he passed through
the gates unsuspected –

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Times Novr. 6th 1801

On Thursday night
thirty of the Convicts
on board
one of the Hulks
at Langston Harbour
in attempting
to escape by cutting
a passage through
the decks had
one killed. The
rest were quelled
so as to restore the
Hulk to order and
discipline without
any further mischief.

Times Jany 6 1802

Tw Jan 4 Lewis Field who
at an assize held
for this County nearly
eighteen months
since, received sentence
of transportation
for a burglary
at Cockfield,
& was afterwards
sent on board the
Hulks found means
to escape from

his confinement
& for some time
to avoid discovery.
....

Identifier: | JB/117/192/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 117.
Date_1	1801-01-24	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	117	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	192	Info in main headings field	panopt. collectanea
Image	002	Titles	times jany 24th 1801 / times july 1st 1801 / times novr 6th 1801 / times jany 6th 1802
Category	collectanea	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner		Watermarks	am 1798
Marginals		Paper Producer	frances wright
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1798
Notes public		ID Number	38809
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