A letter to the Secretary of State for the Home Department : upon the unjust and pettifogging conduct of the Metropolitan Commissioners on Lunacy, in the case of a gentleman, lately under their surveillance / by John Perceval.

  • Perceval, John, active 1840-1860.
Date:
1844
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Credit: A letter to the Secretary of State for the Home Department : upon the unjust and pettifogging conduct of the Metropolitan Commissioners on Lunacy, in the case of a gentleman, lately under their surveillance / by John Perceval. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    can give me in refutation of the insinuation, which you say is conveyed in my letter, is, not the know- ledge your friends have of your character, but the check itself, which you say is in your possession. I have the honour to be, Sir, Your obedient humble Servant, JOHN PERCEVAL, To the above communications, the following answer was sent by the Commissioners: Met. Com. Lunacy Office, 12, Abingdon-street, 2nd May, 1844. Sir, I am directed by the Metropolitan Com- missioners in Lunacy to inform you that your letter, and the accompanying documents, have been submitted to the Board, and in reply, to state that the Commissioners apprehend that they have no power to direct the production and delivery of the check, to which your letter refers, or now that Mr. is at large to enter into any further in- vestigation into his case. Your obedient servant, EDMUND DU BOIS, Cleric and Treasurer. To this letter which, as if the clerk, who is usually very punctual in his correspondence, was ashamed of his orders, was not sent to me, till 1 had applied for it, I replied as follows :—