Criminal lunatics : a letter to the Chairman of the Commissioners in Lunacy / by W. Charles Hood.

  • Hood, W. Charles (William Charles), 1824-1870.
Date:
1860
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Credit: Criminal lunatics : a letter to the Chairman of the Commissioners in Lunacy / by W. Charles Hood. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    giving reasonable notice thereof to the clerk of the peace of such county, city, borough, or place, who shall be respondent in such appeal, which appeal the justices of.the peace assembled at the said general quarter sessions are hereby authorised and empowered to hear and determine in the same manner as appeals asrainst orders of removal are now heard and deter“ o mined. I am grateful for your Lordship’s kind permission to place this statement of some of the evils of the present system before you, being sure that the best remedies, if any are possible, will result from your knowledge of the caser, and trusting that the subject will lose nothing in your Lordship’s hands from the imperfect manner in which it has been brought under your consideration. I have the honour to be, My Lord, Your Lordship’s obedient Servant, W. CHARLES HOOD. Bethlehem Royal Hospital, 24i^/i April, I860. William Brown & Co., Printers, 40 & 41, Old Broad-street.