★ Find a new page on our Untranscribed Manuscripts list.
No edit summary |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
<!-- ENTER TRANSCRIPTION BELOW THIS LINE --> | <!-- ENTER TRANSCRIPTION BELOW THIS LINE --> | ||
<p>6</p> <p> Prisons upon the common footing, containing criminals<lb/> as | <p>6</p> | ||
<p> Prisons upon the common footing, containing criminals<lb/> | |||
as yet <del>untried mind</del> <add> untried men</add> of similar characters can not be<lb/> | |||
excluded, because before trial no man can be pro<add>c</add>luded <del>—</del><lb/> | |||
from concerting his defence with whosoever may present<lb/> | |||
themselves in the character of his friends in either case<lb/> | |||
they being subjected examination in the way of questioning<lb/> | |||
because such examination would be inconsistent with<lb/> | |||
the freedom of admission which is deemed <add>essential</add> to that<lb/> | |||
purpose. <del>No</del> <add>— No,</add> my Lord — the last place in which a felon<lb/> | |||
at large will think of trusting himself of his own<lb/> | |||
accord, will be my Penitent<add>I</add>ary House. — <!-- pencil bracket --> [<del> Allow and <gap/><lb/> | |||
<gap/> mention</del> <!-- pencil addition in brackets --> <add> [Fresh paragraph]. Allow me here to mention</add> a circumstance which in this point of view<lb/> | |||
may perhaps appear to your Lordship tolerably conclusive.<lb/> | |||
If, setting <del>and</del> <add> aside</add> the contriver of the Plan, one man more<lb/> | |||
than another should be supposed to have a just view of the<lb/> | |||
prob<add>ab</add>le effects in this as well as other particulars, it<lb/> | |||
should be M<hi rend="superscript">r</hi> Nepean, who has had so much occasion to<lb/> | |||
consider it. T'other day in conve<add>r</add>sation, " <hi rend="underline">I want a little<lb/> | |||
"bit of ground (says he) in the country, within reach of<lb/> | |||
"London to build a house upon:- do you happen to know<lb/> | |||
of any such thing? — Yes</hi>, says I, <hi rend="underline">I do; there is a board up,<lb/> | |||
advertising ground to be let on a building lease, close<lb/> | |||
to the premises, just on the other side of one of the<lb/> | |||
roads that bound them — oh — is there?</hi> (says he) <hi rend="underline">then<lb/> | |||
I will go and look at it: It's just the spot for me —<lb/> | |||
its vicinity to the Panopticon would be a recommendation</hi><lb/> | |||
to me] <!-- pencil addition --> <add>Fresh paragraph</add> No wonder indeed if people enough<lb/> | |||
should be found, who hearing that felons were to<lb/> | |||
come <hi rend="underline">among</hi> them, as report might say, that is<lb/> | |||
at no great distance, and knowing nothing as yet<lb/> | |||
of those circumstances of the Plan which would<lb/> | |||
render that vicinity an advantage instead of <del>a</del> <add> prejudice</add> <lb/> | |||
<del>prejudice</del> <add> should</add> </p> | |||
<!-- DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --> | <!-- DO NOT EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --> | ||
{{Metadata:{{PAGENAME}}}} | {{Metadata:{{PAGENAME}}}} | ||
6
Prisons upon the common footing, containing criminals
as yet untried mind untried men of similar characters can not be
excluded, because before trial no man can be procluded —
from concerting his defence with whosoever may present
themselves in the character of his friends in either case
they being subjected examination in the way of questioning
because such examination would be inconsistent with
the freedom of admission which is deemed essential to that
purpose. No — No, my Lord — the last place in which a felon
at large will think of trusting himself of his own
accord, will be my PenitentIary House. — [ Allow and
mention [Fresh paragraph]. Allow me here to mention a circumstance which in this point of view
may perhaps appear to your Lordship tolerably conclusive.
If, setting and aside the contriver of the Plan, one man more
than another should be supposed to have a just view of the
probable effects in this as well as other particulars, it
should be Mr Nepean, who has had so much occasion to
consider it. T'other day in conversation, " I want a little
"bit of ground (says he) in the country, within reach of
"London to build a house upon:- do you happen to know
of any such thing? — Yes, says I, I do; there is a board up,
advertising ground to be let on a building lease, close
to the premises, just on the other side of one of the
roads that bound them — oh — is there? (says he) then
I will go and look at it: It's just the spot for me —
its vicinity to the Panopticon would be a recommendation
to me] Fresh paragraph No wonder indeed if people enough
should be found, who hearing that felons were to
come among them, as report might say, that is
at no great distance, and knowing nothing as yet
of those circumstances of the Plan which would
render that vicinity an advantage instead of a prejudice
prejudice should
|
Identifier: | JB/541/426/002"JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 541. |
|||
|---|---|---|---|
|
1793-08-16 |
|||
|
541 |
|||
|
426 |
|||
|
002 |
|||
|
Correspondence/copy |
|||
