General regulations for inspection and controul of all the prisons : together with the rules, orders, and bye laws, for the government of the gaol and penitentiary house, for the county of Glocester [sic] / made, published, and declared at a general or quarter sessions of the peace, holden by adjournment on the 15th of July, 1790 ; and confirmed by the judges of assize, at the assizes held for the said county, on the 6th day of August, 1790.

  • Great Britain. Court of Quarter Sessions of the Peace (Gloucestershire)
Date:
[1790?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: General regulations for inspection and controul of all the prisons : together with the rules, orders, and bye laws, for the government of the gaol and penitentiary house, for the county of Glocester [sic] / made, published, and declared at a general or quarter sessions of the peace, holden by adjournment on the 15th of July, 1790 ; and confirmed by the judges of assize, at the assizes held for the said county, on the 6th day of August, 1790. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    “ neceffity, and within the powers of their com- ‘c million as Juftices, fhall take cognizance there- <c in, and proceed to regulate and red refs the “ fame 5 and at every General or Quarter Sef- “ lions of the Peace, the faid vifiting Juftices, <e refpedtively, fhall make a report in writing, of ‘c the ftate and condition of the faid new Goal,— ‘f Penitentiary Houfe, and Houfes of Correction, “ and of all abufes, which may occur in their ob- ‘5 fervation therein, and the Chairman of the faid “ Seffion is required to call upon the faid vifitors <c for Inch report;—and further it is declared law- “ ful, for every Juftice of the Peace for the faid “ county, of his own accord, and without being <f appointed a vijitor, to enter into the faid new <c Gaol,—Penitentiary Houfe, and Houfes of <( Correction, refpectively, and examine the fame, at luch time and times, and as often as he fhall “ think fit;—and if he fhall difcover any abufes “ therein, he is required to report them in writing, <f at the next General or Quarter Seflions, which fhall be holden for the faid county,—and as of- “ ten as report of any ab.ufes fliali be fo made, by <e the vifiting or other Juftices,—they fhall be ta- “ ken into immediate confideration b.y the Juftices, <c at the faid Quarter Seffions, who are required <c to take the molt eftedtual meafures for enquir- cc ing into and rectifying fuch abufes—as foon as “ the nature of the cafe, will allow.” II. Rejolvedy That the vifiting Juftices appointed for the goal, be conftituted a Committee to fupcr- intend the Penitentiary Houfe, with power and au- thority