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Panopticon Bill.
[G.]
Example of Declaratory Rules touching Escapes &c
Form
Escape.
General Panopticon Penitentiary House [Day Month Year]
The following are the acts which on the part of any Prisoner will be deemed attempts
to escape from the said Prison and as such punished with [ ] according to
a list appeared by the Court of King's Bench in pursuance of the Stature Geo:3. ch.
1. Breaking or attempting to break through the outer Wall of the Building.
2. Breaking or attempting to break through any Partition between Cell & Cell.
3. Breaking or attempting to break through the inner grating or glazed partition of
any Cell: or forcing or picking or attempting to force or pick any lock thereto belonging.
4. Breaking or attempting to break into the Inspection Lodge.
5. Breaking down, Breaking through, undermining, getting over, getting under, or
attempting to break down, break through, undermine, or get over or under any part
of the surrounding wall.
II.
On the part of Persons at large coming as Visitors.
The following are the acts which will be deemed attempts to favour or bring about
Escapes.
1. Bringing into any part of the Prison or within the [Here name the boundary,
for instance the surrounding Wall of the Area in which the Prison stands] offensive
Arms of any kind, particularly fire-arms either openly or more especially if concealed,
after warning given to leave them behind at [Here name the place, for instance the Porter's
Lodge.]
2. Climbing over the surrounding Palisade into the Centinel's Walk, or breaking into
the same.
III & IV
Like Provisions in respect of the Ambulatory or Travelling Panopticon, if any such
should come to be constructed.
Identifier: | JB/119/182/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 119.
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panopticon |
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182 |
panopticon bill |
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001 |
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copy/fair copy sheet |
2 |
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recto |
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