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<p>"<hi rend="underline">the..... management.... of the same, and of all and<lb/>"every Offender and Offenders who shall be delivered into<lb/>"his or their Custody, by the direction of His Majesty.<lb/>"under such Powers, Direction, Limitations and restrictions<lb/>"as are contained in</hi>" [the Act 25 Geo. 3. ch. 56.] "or under<lb/> "such other directions Limitations and restrictions as his<lb/>"Majesty shall under the Powers of the said Act, from<lb/>"time to time appoint." — Under this Clause therefore, His<lb/> Majesty, before the Permanent Penitentiary House is<lb/> Erected, may "<hi rend="underline">appoint</hi>" me to be "<hi rend="underline">Governor</hi>" thereof "<hi rend="underline">when it<lb/> it shall be erected</hi> — before it is erected he may cause<lb/> convicts to be "<hi rend="underline">delivered into</hi>" my "<hi rend="underline">custody</hi>" under "<hi rend="underline">such<lb/>"Powers and directions</hi>"..... "as, under the Powers of" the<lb/> such Act it may please him to appoint: and consequently<lb/> "<hi rend="underline">under such directions</hi>" as are expressed by the several clauses<lb/> contained in <add>the</add> above Draught, as already settled in the<lb/> Law Offices. The professed object of that Act was to enable<lb/> Government to take advantage of any convenient place<lb/> or places of confinement, existing or which might thereafter<lb/> come to exist, placing Prisoners in one such place,<lb/> some in another, or even transferring the same Prisoners<lb/> from Place to Place, just as conveniences might be found:<lb/> and in the number of those Convenient Places will be <lb/> the proposed Temporary Penitentiary House, so soon as<lb/> it shall have been brought into existence. By the<lb/> terms of the Act (§.6.) His Majesty may...."direct the<lb/>"removal of any Make...Offenders under Sentence of<lb/><add>Death</add></p> | |||
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"the..... management.... of the same, and of all and
"every Offender and Offenders who shall be delivered into
"his or their Custody, by the direction of His Majesty.
"under such Powers, Direction, Limitations and restrictions
"as are contained in" [the Act 25 Geo. 3. ch. 56.] "or under
"such other directions Limitations and restrictions as his
"Majesty shall under the Powers of the said Act, from
"time to time appoint." — Under this Clause therefore, His
Majesty, before the Permanent Penitentiary House is
Erected, may "appoint" me to be "Governor" thereof "when it
it shall be erected — before it is erected he may cause
convicts to be "delivered into" my "custody" under "such
"Powers and directions"..... "as, under the Powers of" the
such Act it may please him to appoint: and consequently
"under such directions" as are expressed by the several clauses
contained in the above Draught, as already settled in the
Law Offices. The professed object of that Act was to enable
Government to take advantage of any convenient place
or places of confinement, existing or which might thereafter
come to exist, placing Prisoners in one such place,
some in another, or even transferring the same Prisoners
from Place to Place, just as conveniences might be found:
and in the number of those Convenient Places will be
the proposed Temporary Penitentiary House, so soon as
it shall have been brought into existence. By the
terms of the Act (§.6.) His Majesty may...."direct the
"removal of any Make...Offenders under Sentence of
Death
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