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<p>Copy of so much of the<lb/> | |||
Examination of Patrick Colquhoun Esquire<lb/> | |||
as Printed in the Appendix to the 20<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> Report of the<lb/> | |||
Committee of Finance<lb/> | |||
(Ordered to be Printed the 26<hi rend="superscript">th</hi> of June 1798)<lb/> | |||
as relates to M..<hi rend="superscript"><hi rend="underline">r</hi></hi> Benthams Penitentiary Plan.</p> | |||
<p>Question 10. Having stated that it is by an improved<lb/> | |||
System with respect to the employment of Convicts, that<lb/> | |||
the expences of the Police are among other means to be<lb/> | |||
diminished have you any particular improved System<lb/> | |||
for the Employment of Convicts in View by which you<lb/> | |||
think the expences of the Police may be diminished?</p> | |||
<p>Answer. Very soon after I became a Police Magistrate<lb/> | |||
I was so thoroughly convinced of the Practicability<lb/> | |||
of rendering the average Labour of Convicts with<lb/> | |||
certain exceptions nearly equal to the expence of maintenance<lb/> | |||
that I laid before the then Secretary of<lb/> | |||
State for the Home Department a Plan of a Village<lb/> | |||
of Industry not only for Minor Convicts but also<lb/> | |||
a separate Establishment for Persons discharged<lb/> | |||
from Gaols and unable to gain a <sic>Livelyhood</sic> or to get<lb/> | |||
into regular Employment for want of Character thereby<lb/> | |||
suggesting the means of enabling Convicts imprisoned<lb/> | |||
for small Offences (whose Labour is at present totally<lb/> | |||
unproductive) to support themselves in <add>a</add> manner<lb/> | |||
calculated to ease the Public of the present enormous <add>expence</add></p> | |||
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Copy of so much of the
Examination of Patrick Colquhoun Esquire
as Printed in the Appendix to the 20th Report of the
Committee of Finance
(Ordered to be Printed the 26th of June 1798)
as relates to M..<hi rend="underline">r</hi> Benthams Penitentiary Plan.
Question 10. Having stated that it is by an improved
System with respect to the employment of Convicts, that
the expences of the Police are among other means to be
diminished have you any particular improved System
for the Employment of Convicts in View by which you
think the expences of the Police may be diminished?
Answer. Very soon after I became a Police Magistrate
I was so thoroughly convinced of the Practicability
of rendering the average Labour of Convicts with
certain exceptions nearly equal to the expence of maintenance
that I laid before the then Secretary of
State for the Home Department a Plan of a Village
of Industry not only for Minor Convicts but also
a separate Establishment for Persons discharged
from Gaols and unable to gain a Livelyhood or to get
into regular Employment for want of Character thereby
suggesting the means of enabling Convicts imprisoned
for small Offences (whose Labour is at present totally
unproductive) to support themselves in a manner
calculated to ease the Public of the present enormous expence
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copy of so much of the / examination of patrick colquhoun esquire / as printed in the appendix to the 28th report of the / committee of finance / (ordered to be printed the 26th of june 1798) |
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