JB/119/118/002

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Panopt 7. B. U. D. of Portland A 1800

Then comes § 3 and empowers his Majesty to
appoint Governors "who shall have the care etc.
of ... every ... Offender ... who shall be delivered
into ... their custody, by the direction of his
Majesty ... under such powers, etc. as are contained
in [24 G. 3. c. 56 ...] or under such other directions
etc. as his Majesty shall under his powers
of the said Act, from time to time, appoint."

N. B. This section (it is evident) does nothing
towards giving a description of the Classes of Convicts
capable of being consigned to the Penitentiary
House; but occupies itself only about the powers
under which they shall be dealt with: the
description of the classes of Convicts it
supposes pre-established by the §. already recited.

N. B. along with this is sent a copy of so
much of the Statute in question as concerns
the matter in hand: the words, that (as above recited apply
to the question being scored under with red ink.

In another part of the letter an opinion
is advanced that it would be very inexpedient
to move such persons

If the sentence containing the words above
commented upon were but left out, all the rest
of the letter would be clear at least, if not absolutely unexceptionable.

In sentence an
A reason is indeed given is indeed
not to consign to the intended Penitentiary House certain
convicts therein mentioned, but to keep them in
the local Gaols. But the Convicts here in
question in this last sentence are other Convicts i:e: Convicts not
transportable. In putting this restriction the
writer of the letter has not perhaps absolutely exceeded his competence:
directly contrary
to the letter of the law
has not indeed
run full but
against the letter
of the law.

What may be
in the
the second part of
the Letter is
by the other Class
of Convicts in question
viz: untransportable
ones: and it is in relation to
them that an indication

Identifier: | JB/119/118/002 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 119.
Date_1	1800	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	119	Main Headings	panopticon
Folio number	118a "a" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 118.	Info in main headings field	panopt. jb to d. of portland
Image	002	Titles	observations
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	2
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	1798 am
Marginals		Paper Producer	frances wright
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year	1798
Notes public		ID Number	39629
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