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<head>Eddy New York </head><!-- right of centre, and in pencil --> | |||
<head>Eddy New York</head><!-- starts at mid-point/centre of main area, and in pencil. --> | |||
<p><!-- indented --><note>Reformation time requisite .</note><!-- note in pencil --> 10<!-- '10' in pencil --> Page 63. "It can hardly be supposed , that any material or lasting | <p><!-- indented --><note>Reformation time requisite.</note><!-- note in pencil --> 10<!-- '10' in pencil --> Page 63. "It can hardly be supposed, that any material or lasting | ||
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"effect can be produced on a criminal, by the labour and discipline of | "effect can be produced on a criminal, by the labour and discipline of | ||
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"a penitentiary house , in a shorter time than four <del>of f</del> or five | "a penitentiary house, in a shorter time than four <del>of f</del> or five | ||
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"years . — And if he is incorrigible by means of solitude , temperance , | "years. — And if he is incorrigible by means of solitude, temperance, | ||
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"and cleanliness , he will not merit if is guilty of a second offence , | "and cleanliness, he will not merit if is guilty of a second offence, | ||
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"a punishment less severe than imprisonment for that length of time". — | "a punishment less severe than imprisonment for that length of time". — | ||
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[though a first offence was but a petty offence .] | [though a first offence was but a petty offence.] | ||
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"can reasonably be expected to be divested of them in less than | "can reasonably be expected to be divested of them in less than | ||
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"four or five years ; and it would greatly injure the penitentiary | "four or five years; and it would greatly injure the penitentiary | ||
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"system , to pardon any prisoner before the expiration of that time , | "system, to pardon any prisoner before the expiration of that time, | ||
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"unless in extraordinary <sic>caus</sic>, which may possibly , but very rarely, | "unless in extraordinary <sic>caus</sic>, which may possibly, but very rarely, | ||
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"happen". | "happen". | ||
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<p><!-- indented --><note>Solitary confinement used only for | <p><!-- indented --><note>Solitary confinement used only for refractoriness.</note><!-- note in pencil --> 16<!-- '16' in pencil --> Page 32. "At first, the Judges, in some instances, exercised the | ||
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"power given them by the law , of sentencing the convicts to solitary | "power given them by the law, of sentencing the convicts to solitary | ||
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"confinement as a punishment for the crimes they had committed ; | "confinement as a punishment for the crimes they had committed; | ||
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"but , afterwards , this was thought to be needlessly severe ; and as the | "but, afterwards, this was thought to be needlessly severe; and as the | ||
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"state was thereby deprived of the benefit of their labour , that | "state was thereby deprived of the benefit of their labour, that | ||
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"punishment , though it may make a part of the sentence which | "punishment, though it may make a part of the sentence which | ||
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"follows conviction, is not now inflicted of course , but is left to be | "follows conviction, is not now inflicted of course , but is left to be | ||
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<head>9 Nov 1802 <note>83</note><!-- page number --></head><!-- note and heading in pencil --> | |||
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<p><note>N<hi rend='superscript'>o</hi>5</note> Philadelphia; 178<del>6</del>5. Liancourt: p.<del>3</del>29 <del>In the year 1786</del> " A very | |||
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"considerable portion of the inhabitants if prisons are little affected | |||
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"by the tyrannical and cruel treatment of the gaolers. For however | |||
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"absurd, on first sight, the assertion may appear, it is nevertheless | |||
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"true, that many have been attached to such a residence, by the | |||
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"love of disorder & idleness. The present state of the prisons holds | |||
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"out to the offenders no other <del>secenes</del> scenes than those of annihilated | |||
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"liberty, the obligation to labour, and the <del>injunction</del> injunction | |||
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"of regularity & silence. <del>In the 1786, after the</del><!-- deleted in pencil --> | |||
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Eddy New York
Eddy New York
Reformation time requisite. 10 Page 63. "It can hardly be supposed, that any material or lasting
"effect can be produced on a criminal, by the labour and discipline of
"a penitentiary house, in a shorter time than four of f or five
"years. — And if he is incorrigible by means of solitude, temperance,
"and cleanliness, he will not merit if is guilty of a second offence,
"a punishment less severe than imprisonment for that length of time". —
[though a first offence was but a petty offence.]
Reformation time requisite- 11 Page. 69. "No man who enters the prison with vicious habits,
"can reasonably be expected to be divested of them in less than
"four or five years; and it would greatly injure the penitentiary
"system, to pardon any prisoner before the expiration of that time,
"unless in extraordinary caus, which may possibly, but very rarely,
"happen".
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Solitary confinement used only for refractoriness. 16 Page 32. "At first, the Judges, in some instances, exercised the
"power given them by the law, of sentencing the convicts to solitary
"confinement as a punishment for the crimes they had committed;
"but, afterwards, this was thought to be needlessly severe; and as the
"state was thereby deprived of the benefit of their labour, that
"punishment, though it may make a part of the sentence which
"follows conviction, is not now inflicted of course , but is left to be
"imposed by the Inspectors on such only as are otherwise refractory
"and incorrigible". —
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9 Nov 1802 83 Letter 2d (2 Example
No5 Philadelphia; 17865. Liancourt: p.329 In the year 1786 " A very
"considerable portion of the inhabitants if prisons are little affected
"by the tyrannical and cruel treatment of the gaolers. For however
"absurd, on first sight, the assertion may appear, it is nevertheless
"true, that many have been attached to such a residence, by the
"love of disorder & idleness. The present state of the prisons holds
"out to the offenders no other secenes scenes than those of annihilated
"liberty, the obligation to labour, and the injunction injunction
"of regularity & silence. In the 1786, after the
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