Penal methods of the Middle Ages : criminals, witches, lunatics / by George Ives.

  • George Cecil Ives
Date:
1910
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Credit: Penal methods of the Middle Ages : criminals, witches, lunatics / by George Ives. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    attention, and humanity/^ ^ It was of no avail; thirteen gentlemen of the county came forward with donations, in virtue of which they qualified as governors. These new men brought their votes to bear to force on an inquiry, and though the old gang of scoundrels never got their deserts, and, to conceal their guilt, are said to have set the premises on fire, yet they were driven out of their situations, and soon investigation became national. In 1814 Mr. George Eose brought in a Bill to regulate asylums, which passed the House of Commons. But the authorities at Bedlam opposed the measure,^ spending over £600 in so doing. They had good cause, as we shall see presently. The York Asylum governors —nineteen of them, including the archbishop— sent in a petition against it; and the intrepid Mr. Higgins sent one in its favour, signed by himself.^ The Bill was thrown out by the House of Lords,^ but a committee of the House of Commons was then appointed, and collected the ^ S. W. Nicoll, Jn Enquiry, p. 11 ; and see Jonathan Gray, Hist. p. 31. 2 D. H. Tuke, Hist, p. 79. ^ J. Gray, Hist, chap. vi. 4 D. H. Tuke, p. 161.
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