PatnaikAshish/LJSpeech-LinaCodec-LLM · Datasets at Hugging Face

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300 debtors and 900 criminals in newgate, or twelve hundred prisoners in all.	[ 6613, 10476, 11840, 11459, 8079, 10646, 11801, 9443, 9308, 4984, 10159, 1222, 5085, 8796, 11796, 12097, 6563, 9565, 11230, 6506, 1527, 3589, 2297, 2232, 8719, 10847, 2120, 7837, 1172, 6956, 3682, 6560, 10597, 3088, 9244, 9967, 10301, 9992, ...
previous to that date there had been 700 or 800 frequently, and once, in mr. akerman's time, one thousand.	[ 6534, 9166, 5488, 8028, 11905, 7897, 9793, 3149, 4545, 11747, 657, 1679, 4102, 2489, 10104, 1671, 1802, 12482, 9720, 2882, 7005, 9711, 3544, 7462, 9381, 11655, 6520, 12445, 12466, 8136, 12047, 7897, 6681, 10509, 8343, 12529, 8862, 9434, 567...
trustworthy evidence is forthcoming to the effect that these high figures were constantly maintained for many months at a time.	[ 12123, 10981, 10329, 3912, 2852, 8244, 2712, 9804, 922, 4495, 2779, 1177, 1676, 7281, 4545, 3201, 10113, 10713, 2670, 8740, 9178, 11189, 3279, 1139, 2121, 2289, 12202, 5712, 6722, 7756, 8146, 10015, 10256, 6440, 4451, 11783, 6376, 12659, 70...
the inadequacy of the jail was noticed and reported upon again and again by the grand juries of the city of london,	[ 7308, 9925, 7327, 10309, 12052, 10609, 2795, 10376, 9673, 1602, 133, 1377, 600, 10019, 2247, 2253, 172, 5818, 702, 10177, 4850, 3597, 10858, 9479, 8321, 840, 5466, 998, 8196, 9450, 10916, 10748, 10532, 11317, 12757, 9442, 25, 10742, 743, ...
who seldom let a session go by without visiting newgate.	[ 5404, 10979, 8137, 10182, 5141, 10801, 6292, 6779, 10941, 522, 1517, 5339, 9672, 3663, 8971, 1219, 11440, 4263, 3196, 7167, 10325, 5279, 2253, 829, 5216, 9295, 10332, 6897, 8555, 4677, 2506, 5209, 4998, 2321, 2296, 9874, 12308, 11634, 1542,...
in 1813	[ 4804, 9394, 1013, 11330, 5472, 11738, 12419, 6273, 10425, 7653, 4198, 2920, 12266, 7429, 7235, 1674, 2288, 8369, 6643, 12800 ]
the grand jury made a special presentment to the court of common council, pointing out that on the debtors' side, which was intended for only 100,	[ 4901, 12213, 9951, 8775, 10768, 4216, 9986, 2181, 1134, 1839, 2371, 753, 4613, 6940, 10504, 7041, 12095, 10378, 6918, 7738, 11254, 10007, 2432, 6663, 6256, 9691, 4477, 1704, 12274, 6050, 9656, 8974, 12655, 10617, 5541, 7806, 3737, 498, 1052...
no less than 340 were crowded, to the great inconvenience and danger of the inmates.	[ 2160, 9310, 10795, 10865, 10355, 1615, 10625, 2976, 10007, 11961, 9194, 5403, 11922, 11460, 10631, 7967, 9240, 8932, 1050, 8595, 10699, 2790, 9783, 9620, 2187, 6532, 9139, 946, 1396, 4150, 10608, 11165, 5541, 2199, 526, 1067, 2319, 1320, 65...
on the female side matters were much worse;	[ 5343, 10267, 9394, 10387, 5586, 12290, 593, 4630, 733, 5179, 8648, 6999, 167, 1831, 11842, 7473, 9651, 6955, 7086, 7142, 427, 2481, 7215, 583, 7133, 1693, 9820, 4552, 5950, 8802, 3704, 3631, 5729, 9539, 828, 11310, 1637, 5405, 8129, 11592...
quote. the apartments set apart for them, being built to accommodate 60 persons, now contain about 120. end quote.	[ 10397, 6181, 1202, 7152, 872, 10022, 12548, 5648, 10679, 10267, 10835, 817, 9242, 12513, 937, 11145, 7108, 5185, 3270, 8188, 5287, 12317, 11684, 11167, 5729, 2127, 75, 8761, 10802, 7092, 1323, 4467, 8177, 2553, 9534, 2242, 2049, 1192, 10110...
returns laid before the house of commons showed that 6439 persons had been committed to newgate	[ 11503, 11752, 10501, 11284, 6749, 1700, 2233, 12544, 5162, 2062, 9924, 6384, 8942, 8138, 53, 4654, 5111, 7949, 3143, 3181, 7104, 2715, 5528, 8671, 607, 610, 2302, 6888, 12394, 12616, 8604, 9558, 9654, 1966, 11238, 9651, 9539, 10119, 6678, ...
in the three years between 1813 and 1816,	[ 6981, 9320, 8791, 8659, 9676, 10549, 12354, 6273, 4826, 2180, 1678, 1838, 9361, 2441, 9597, 11673, 259, 12316, 4696, 226, 11907, 8400, 12273, 12485, 4738, 8881, 6634, 541, 3297, 11682, 6981, 12354, 4611, 1632, 8370, 6074, 1533, 8713, 4395, ...
and this number did not include the debtors, a numerous class, who were still committed to newgate pending the completion of the white cross street prison.	[ 3783, 1031, 1743, 9832, 12467, 8612, 6141, 937, 12510, 7936, 1808, 3614, 9019, 3685, 10222, 3729, 2226, 10326, 8209, 1013, 1681, 10544, 8025, 2292, 1714, 4538, 8360, 10169, 11270, 8913, 5839, 1837, 10066, 993, 3294, 2233, 2096, 4107, 10777,...
in order to realize the evils entailed by incarceration in newgate in these days, it is necessary to give some account of its interior	[ 1284, 12003, 10795, 8916, 7912, 12228, 612, 2934, 9794, 7301, 2603, 1639, 543, 2062, 12032, 5054, 5425, 509, 12353, 3649, 6511, 61, 251, 2497, 1011, 4704, 12082, 6343, 2116, 133, 7739, 7522, 4407, 6678, 2309, 9906, 11246, 3695, 6821, 8648...
as it was occupied and appropriated in 1810.	[ 2767, 11904, 2561, 5609, 11818, 963, 3999, 10261, 11186, 9868, 7994, 2767, 615, 4175, 9433, 431, 4120, 140, 8189, 8549, 8293, 8059, 2790, 4804, 2182, 849, 7430, 6232, 346, 5093, 12385, 874, 4805, 832, 12273, 4420, 2321, 3449, 12252, 6599,...
full details of the arrangements are to be found in mr. neild's "state of prisons in england, scotland, and wales," published in 1812.	[ 8154, 10323, 10291, 2864, 7373, 9858, 12274, 1223, 2319, 182, 10000, 591, 3946, 2268, 1862, 3447, 2117, 2113, 12002, 1794, 4855, 2217, 12177, 2435, 415, 11886, 12264, 5272, 11795, 8068, 9694, 11782, 10332, 11896, 5697, 6768, 12324, 12225, 1...
the jail at that date was divided into eight separate and more or less distinct departments, each of which had its own wards and yard.	[ 7047, 1475, 10227, 3184, 9995, 1543, 2317, 108, 7351, 5280, 5110, 10245, 9432, 952, 9991, 1603, 768, 12260, 8010, 6517, 9213, 4002, 1461, 12326, 4993, 12646, 8474, 5783, 10910, 3720, 11845, 5028, 1477, 9400, 9607, 825, 369, 7367, 9858, 36...
these were: 1. the male debtors' side.	[ 3809, 12363, 9859, 11968, 5914, 191, 1575, 4207, 11877, 5925, 7084, 1844, 1835, 8499, 1385, 3417, 3058, 2490, 5309, 2615, 1567, 7408, 12346, 2922, 9054, 8631, 6547, 9137, 12647, 6712, 11878, 11778, 7707, 8243, 4472, 4743, 5641, 6535, 2159, ...
2. the female debtors' side. 3. the chapel yard. 4. the middle yard.	[ 12244, 9541, 7179, 2155, 3708, 10867, 9134, 6550, 5106, 7677, 8018, 8138, 11676, 11905, 626, 2053, 142, 2619, 5114, 1607, 6354, 270, 6370, 6592, 11712, 6215, 599, 159, 2071, 9924, 12593, 5843, 7031, 9708, 5938, 6498, 946, 9707, 9683, 7981...
5. the master felons' side. 6. the female felons' side. 7. the state side.	[ 7007, 7703, 159, 1311, 8835, 11053, 8043, 5981, 3502, 3432, 12062, 4152, 4157, 3591, 7759, 11137, 9497, 1118, 8020, 8146, 10757, 7794, 7190, 2162, 12096, 370, 9041, 7113, 7, 215, 671, 11852, 11265, 12573, 5915, 4460, 3883, 9523, 3955, 350...
8. the press yard.	[ 11909, 7234, 3368, 12274, 5450, 939, 8049, 10235, 5224, 10735, 12135, 5187, 8648, 2314, 2255, 3631, 4260, 1769, 7597, 4083, 12800 ]
1. the male debtors' side consisted of a yard forty-nine feet by thirty-one,	[ 2812, 10287, 2573, 4784, 8427, 9579, 2348, 8636, 1522, 7099, 3096, 4147, 10755, 10882, 10291, 12074, 9223, 12115, 5270, 8009, 8136, 5060, 535, 159, 1175, 7301, 9441, 5408, 11237, 4785, 11648, 8708, 4546, 12765, 9361, 7699, 6366, 4890, 7373,...
leading to thirteen wards on various floors, and a day room.	[ 5298, 7268, 2243, 5029, 2249, 9833, 11681, 8339, 8146, 9694, 11355, 5488, 11738, 11329, 9857, 11889, 313, 765, 2622, 1654, 6875, 6968, 7488, 882, 3951, 8737, 8370, 6871, 9285, 6247, 1666, 68, 11720, 8018, 11732, 9469, 5741, 1151, 4773, 98...
of these wards, three were appropriated to the "cabin side," so called because	[ 847, 8355, 3289, 11411, 11393, 11456, 329, 252, 566, 191, 1709, 6811, 7481, 9472, 6978, 7012, 8613, 1458, 12204, 9163, 2844, 11924, 2180, 4804, 2860, 9269, 500, 176, 10589, 12006, 8234, 6126, 12509, 9926, 9795, 12244, 5712, 12274, 6916, 9...
they each contained four small rooms or "cabins" seven feet square,	[ 10031, 9282, 493, 11906, 6056, 4417, 11259, 9240, 12081, 1287, 2244, 4712, 9636, 8668, 10713, 10462, 8319, 8787, 8128, 6976, 9790, 7791, 10365, 3965, 5429, 4708, 627, 1272, 9385, 1490, 943, 9279, 8040, 10680, 6999, 6215, 2576, 1703, 1761, ...
intended to accommodate a couple of prisoners apiece, but often much more crowded.	[ 8962, 12336, 12187, 6791, 7208, 12502, 6872, 12202, 3171, 8238, 11259, 727, 25, 2093, 7647, 2052, 3946, 1007, 7984, 10733, 10325, 8057, 7787, 9335, 10660, 368, 8037, 7262, 4992, 4113, 605, 4178, 1477, 2856, 10742, 9857, 9794, 7945, 12161, ...
two other wards were appropriated to the master's side debtors; they were each twenty-three feet by fourteen and a half,	[ 11738, 11337, 8748, 948, 5143, 10094, 1565, 380, 767, 1215, 2277, 9371, 10032, 1993, 10879, 1389, 240, 10597, 7406, 5177, 5478, 2252, 2183, 1218, 9614, 8849, 12779, 858, 11690, 8900, 10022, 1144, 4119, 3079, 8203, 10177, 12700, 4125, 6675, ...
and supposed to accommodate twenty persons. the eight remaining wards were for the common side debtors,	[ 6855, 3079, 1671, 4720, 10042, 876, 8128, 3203, 11175, 11293, 11828, 11912, 10017, 1133, 10481, 271, 606, 1854, 6881, 1607, 9924, 2800, 2882, 6066, 12217, 2899, 12326, 760, 2309, 416, 8671, 6765, 7826, 8064, 1170, 826, 12139, 12673, 9116, ...
long narrow rooms -- one thirty-six feet, six twenty-three feet, and the eighth eighteen,	[ 7932, 543, 47, 55, 4154, 1641, 2215, 711, 1326, 9302, 8307, 2871, 2133, 4150, 1072, 7728, 11890, 12736, 8668, 9117, 6900, 7082, 4986, 2686, 551, 2217, 6898, 5585, 5773, 8218, 10054, 258, 8577, 12487, 10616, 11538, 3969, 7038, 4736, 3272, ...
the whole about fifteen feet wide.	[ 9439, 10525, 10964, 10790, 8247, 10301, 369, 8463, 10175, 7765, 9457, 8146, 10063, 8082, 3418, 12250, 4739, 4802, 4658, 10643, 9189, 2242, 6497, 353, 765, 8743, 151, 807, 2315, 808, 4507, 7085, 12800 ]
the various wards were all about eleven feet in height,	[ 10030, 8540, 11267, 7836, 12356, 9935, 10496, 4418, 3324, 127, 1791, 9957, 6896, 10056, 7934, 748, 3359, 567, 2611, 96, 1631, 605, 434, 220, 10426, 11807, 7835, 1107, 7411, 10700, 7126, 9921, 5920, 410, 2525, 2347, 7957, 2839, 2126, 12483...
and were occupied as a rule by ten to fifteen people when the prison was not crowded, but double the number was occasionally placed in them.	[ 8398, 11928, 7860, 682, 3415, 10270, 11186, 9932, 8061, 5783, 1119, 1089, 1095, 9728, 4934, 2802, 8567, 1724, 1654, 10364, 10356, 9140, 3998, 426, 8633, 7703, 11779, 12200, 11591, 11844, 11880, 8376, 6535, 8146, 9413, 8139, 5480, 9605, 7361...
the day room was fitted with benches and settles after the manner of the tap in a public-house.	[ 7453, 12664, 10819, 11265, 5347, 11574, 2164, 1145, 3199, 9088, 8579, 1958, 9562, 3650, 874, 10345, 1513, 7165, 4099, 12539, 4932, 7245, 10048, 1678, 2096, 8073, 10179, 8711, 7125, 124, 252, 10192, 865, 10951, 10315, 5913, 2633, 8274, 4221,...
2. the female debtors' side consisted of a court-yard forty-nine by sixteen feet,	[ 12235, 12293, 1563, 3133, 810, 7005, 11727, 12173, 329, 10174, 10571, 8153, 10816, 10816, 4221, 4741, 613, 56, 4871, 5129, 3398, 6371, 6592, 7112, 1103, 295, 1751, 6657, 9501, 8628, 924, 8686, 873, 11252, 4177, 7936, 7621, 5248, 840, 7365...
leading to two wards, one of which was thirty-six feet by fifteen,	[ 5370, 4636, 2307, 7519, 4672, 12329, 11689, 8836, 9656, 11139, 11801, 10289, 5433, 7871, 10805, 11838, 2213, 4392, 9592, 8512, 7106, 12133, 1901, 6517, 6513, 2043, 127, 1059, 11358, 6509, 829, 2183, 8496, 10050, 410, 5683, 7105, 7138, 10268...
and the other eighteen by fifteen; and they nominally held twenty-two persons.	[ 5447, 11880, 12004, 9923, 5647, 12011, 9245, 11869, 8685, 6501, 4468, 3937, 1946, 10054, 9857, 2033, 11715, 4803, 2313, 1728, 7281, 2865, 2554, 7039, 1559, 3331, 8147, 6211, 8146, 12080, 7109, 2305, 1760, 8434, 4979, 4970, 5993, 6490, 2023,...
a high wall fifteen feet in height divided the females' court-yard from the men's.	[ 847, 10526, 10631, 10271, 10253, 7809, 2814, 1143, 175, 5247, 10660, 11742, 10434, 11220, 12265, 9476, 7233, 1025, 10916, 5578, 10006, 4354, 12244, 354, 2372, 2356, 5526, 7959, 12291, 3296, 12700, 9125, 1381, 8564, 6622, 1442, 888, 10063, 8...
3. the chapel yard was about forty-three feet by twenty-five.	[ 5530, 6604, 8365, 9797, 4819, 5980, 10156, 6964, 7530, 6013, 6059, 6069, 11175, 475, 7611, 2592, 12163, 10885, 7690, 7167, 7732, 2274, 2255, 111, 2213, 9829, 10093, 250, 1531, 9268, 2498, 5280, 9231, 2602, 7084, 10698, 10357, 8345, 9923, ...
it had been for some time devoted principally to felons of the worst types,	[ 1284, 9549, 9287, 2353, 7615, 2179, 4665, 10476, 413, 1597, 5842, 8648, 591, 1209, 6321, 4039, 743, 1255, 3216, 5681, 7439, 5988, 1117, 5738, 6918, 4464, 10749, 11923, 12008, 7621, 7993, 5418, 2195, 5536, 6468, 10588, 8139, 12119, 10322, ...
those who were the oldest offenders, sentenced to transportation, and who had narrowly escaped the penalty of death.	[ 4397, 1551, 2229, 4733, 12395, 7617, 5508, 8355, 5247, 8794, 10014, 2897, 509, 10780, 7732, 8881, 1092, 9153, 2467, 2845, 8146, 1679, 2201, 7476, 3613, 11876, 11528, 6531, 11172, 1332, 7604, 1457, 9561, 9665, 5635, 8952, 12231, 2152, 11593,...
this arrangement was, however, modified after 1811, and the chapel yard was allotted to misdemeanants and prisoners awaiting trial.	[ 11989, 10944, 9542, 5365, 4831, 4675, 9393, 769, 1571, 12707, 1398, 1135, 671, 2131, 1988, 3271, 766, 581, 879, 1201, 6204, 5151, 3667, 7819, 8147, 23, 671, 1604, 1443, 5895, 10759, 11221, 12179, 8284, 1519, 4675, 872, 9691, 4803, 1680, ...
the wards in this part were five in number, all in dimensions twenty feet by fifteen, with a sixth ward fifteen feet square.	[ 6237, 2940, 3134, 639, 9822, 4328, 2377, 1025, 4347, 514, 7633, 8124, 279, 1646, 11283, 12779, 8019, 4013, 7147, 6013, 11364, 10635, 11740, 10255, 10254, 11843, 8549, 1033, 2160, 1703, 1065, 6525, 1269, 8413, 9141, 868, 3954, 6514, 1394, ...
these wards were all fitted with barrack-beds, but no bedding was supplied.	[ 9427, 11393, 11328, 835, 5374, 126, 1781, 4251, 12568, 5933, 675, 799, 10807, 10301, 10637, 6101, 3145, 6983, 6936, 831, 8088, 1264, 10111, 11335, 8422, 10392, 6434, 7165, 6663, 2118, 6960, 12715, 12744, 5506, 6445, 9643, 8697, 9662, 8215, ...
the chapel yard led to the chapel, and on the staircase were two rooms frequently set apart for the king's witnesses,	[ 4318, 12250, 9415, 3079, 5424, 2669, 4778, 2253, 31, 2158, 4320, 8426, 4343, 1669, 7544, 9656, 4355, 10159, 12777, 12100, 8199, 5637, 8185, 2605, 6003, 9579, 3954, 9001, 8487, 3975, 1434, 2463, 9248, 3727, 10341, 11880, 11421, 8592, 3856, ...
those who had turned king's evidence, whose safety might have been imperiled had they been lodged with the men against whom they had informed.	[ 4831, 1638, 1725, 9873, 6597, 6764, 9047, 5784, 12281, 775, 2221, 2146, 12657, 10672, 9165, 9728, 9768, 11920, 5985, 1014, 10305, 4252, 5023, 1761, 7162, 12096, 6035, 1875, 506, 3059, 6427, 10978, 11208, 12559, 12355, 8660, 12773, 9921, 120...
but these king's witnesses were also put at times into the press yard among the capital convicts, seemingly a very dangerous proceeding,	[ 9527, 10775, 1328, 12101, 6571, 881, 6890, 9869, 7363, 12040, 10600, 12038, 7232, 11827, 1921, 189, 5768, 2281, 3080, 2498, 9796, 12371, 10176, 5794, 7935, 9261, 732, 7773, 10283, 10513, 7631, 1629, 185, 10749, 10924, 746, 839, 2864, 12252,...
or they lodged with the gatesmen, the prisoner officers who had charge of the inner gates.	[ 925, 10357, 9270, 11347, 11998, 11330, 10490, 1063, 31, 1185, 9474, 12131, 3773, 3048, 10014, 11705, 9798, 7234, 12272, 10184, 1659, 1040, 4217, 3498, 1325, 6062, 3436, 880, 11421, 8189, 7455, 9920, 1609, 6173, 6300, 1527, 111, 7835, 3479, ...
the middle yard was at first given up to the least heinous offenders. after 1812 it changed functions with the chapel yard.	[ 10899, 5688, 10762, 10458, 8307, 2338, 1679, 551, 1637, 9822, 12653, 7963, 7028, 9716, 1467, 11310, 5060, 672, 8155, 9111, 9838, 10569, 1368, 10528, 7318, 4519, 2276, 2583, 5808, 8636, 12273, 6339, 7599, 7786, 10426, 11776, 7809, 10177, 127...
it was fifty feet by twenty-five, and had five wards each thirty-eight by fifteen. at one end of the yard was an arcade,	[ 772, 6546, 8765, 11712, 5458, 12046, 10571, 5912, 11905, 8139, 9188, 2113, 2768, 1009, 4471, 3593, 12243, 3382, 1624, 10205, 5442, 5617, 4527, 8215, 671, 3671, 1219, 11180, 8563, 3373, 4533, 6622, 2994, 1027, 8998, 8455, 3744, 8012, 9175, ...
directly under the chapel, in which there were three cells, used either for the confinement of disorderly and refractory prisoners,	[ 12694, 2732, 9367, 10457, 12713, 10867, 9347, 10260, 12328, 8916, 7776, 5201, 12170, 8775, 519, 5496, 4471, 10292, 10355, 2995, 1325, 6646, 1517, 2938, 5070, 4675, 2226, 1150, 600, 12547, 4451, 2118, 308, 6773, 5593, 6467, 5413, 11841, 1139...
or female convicts ordered for execution.	[ 1503, 10301, 4143, 11868, 7972, 7092, 884, 1378, 11691, 11228, 10880, 3169, 2062, 174, 10481, 6559, 8287, 12321, 3950, 4164, 9130, 12722, 7553, 9644, 4394, 1321, 5351, 9279, 7452, 6177, 8076, 8542, 233, 1287, 7968, 8401, 1803, 11251, 4931, ...
the master felons' side consisted of a yard the same size as the preceding, appropriated nominally to the most decent and better-behaved prisoners,	[ 6290, 9340, 10243, 10315, 8961, 12700, 8796, 8138, 7455, 2587, 6767, 2160, 8856, 8649, 6927, 23, 799, 7302, 12064, 10681, 3728, 11481, 12166, 11008, 12128, 6145, 8333, 9575, 7321, 4819, 3095, 1583, 12382, 12008, 4401, 7668, 7681, 11208, 698...
but really kept for the few who had funds sufficient to gain them admission to these more comfortable quarters.	[ 6967, 8215, 672, 12693, 1380, 5932, 7155, 1332, 12077, 9859, 92, 1719, 777, 11758, 1799, 2720, 6441, 3459, 8562, 8678, 8289, 10315, 10707, 9180, 7363, 4684, 9260, 10533, 8988, 7916, 10444, 10762, 10034, 10705, 7079, 7711, 9817, 9777, 11968,...
here were also lodged the gatesmen, the prisoners who had charge of the inner gates, and who were entrusted with the duty of escorting visitors from the gates	[ 7300, 2245, 2150, 3235, 10878, 1252, 10399, 10283, 10401, 7628, 549, 2802, 2231, 103, 1109, 10091, 3904, 4457, 10320, 11484, 11778, 2912, 10624, 1240, 3603, 2225, 6515, 4979, 1332, 7078, 3041, 12661, 7792, 7964, 7237, 5057, 7202, 9246, 9822...
to the various wards their friends occupied.	[ 12245, 8417, 7692, 8557, 7238, 2718, 7172, 7430, 7816, 5069, 3324, 126, 1215, 2275, 10098, 1424, 7326, 11420, 8139, 10652, 11348, 9304, 12440, 929, 2031, 7711, 10736, 4883, 5360, 3927, 1119, 1183, 2180, 6953, 3506, 12800 ]
the state side was the part stolen from the female felons' side.	[ 12062, 10696, 3336, 11532, 11265, 5480, 12258, 5075, 527, 727, 1667, 4514, 1215, 12033, 5054, 8121, 10462, 11364, 5424, 9537, 11712, 12701, 6182, 8253, 6911, 2153, 9395, 11221, 6769, 9525, 10508, 8138, 12355, 9858, 4221, 9799, 5293, 10548, ...
it was large and comparatively commodious, being maintained on a better footing than any other part of the prison.	[ 1219, 9042, 11325, 11968, 5267, 9399, 103, 1702, 12446, 12017, 9539, 1012, 11816, 10739, 11800, 10679, 10821, 10331, 8275, 11746, 1671, 9116, 9022, 5392, 11750, 3640, 6202, 5661, 8738, 2251, 2383, 5321, 12736, 9602, 7084, 3371, 7007, 7503, ...
the inmates were privileged, either by antecedents or the fortunate possession of sufficient funds to pay the charges of the place.	[ 7445, 914, 4805, 2088, 1138, 2117, 6914, 12776, 970, 10806, 8123, 7964, 7682, 5862, 6847, 1682, 12644, 1344, 12621, 6507, 5491, 424, 207, 4101, 4463, 3241, 679, 2116, 1502, 8775, 6680, 11738, 10304, 8136, 4932, 2305, 7591, 9817, 12210, 11...
neild takes it for granted that the former rather than the latter prevailed in the selection,	[ 4851, 9793, 1166, 7804, 12707, 946, 12252, 10819, 11114, 6977, 3088, 8146, 6439, 12153, 3319, 711, 2137, 9707, 2188, 1528, 8783, 3568, 8413, 8138, 10588, 10300, 5657, 4150, 4783, 442, 1973, 10550, 6215, 3233, 8716, 1974, 1569, 2295, 5803, ...
and tells us that in the state side, quote, such prisoners were safely associated whose manners and conduct evince a more liberal style of education,	[ 8134, 2970, 10885, 11880, 12259, 6727, 5173, 2507, 8727, 12240, 2484, 6147, 5091, 1021, 4224, 4919, 3409, 912, 12639, 12355, 2848, 8064, 1807, 3159, 3585, 7008, 11244, 11903, 11828, 12138, 5507, 6061, 12260, 9722, 10696, 10382, 12137, 1281, ...
and who are therefore lodged apart from all other districts of the jail. end quote.	[ 5261, 9452, 11020, 8253, 8239, 3161, 9807, 6734, 10580, 5597, 3710, 5780, 11007, 31, 538, 12562, 10018, 5160, 10590, 10268, 1566, 7155, 8138, 8274, 1653, 5223, 54, 6911, 8352, 10845, 752, 4943, 8512, 9561, 6886, 8688, 12696, 718, 3955, 24...
the state side contained twelve good-sized rooms,	[ 6876, 11209, 9497, 10242, 7809, 12273, 5060, 87, 1161, 8552, 8468, 9976, 3399, 2243, 6760, 281, 12281, 2899, 11814, 526, 7743, 9060, 11706, 6686, 1192, 8905, 1871, 31, 7255, 9280, 7001, 2860, 4838, 1716, 5688, 10288, 10849, 4546, 9645, 12...
from twenty-one by eighteen feet to fifteen feet square, which were furnished with bedsteads and bedding.	[ 8541, 1658, 11722, 5357, 11281, 11605, 5761, 5311, 6687, 7280, 3895, 4621, 923, 7300, 272, 11731, 4674, 2120, 11036, 6621, 2240, 9921, 6136, 9539, 9637, 7092, 6570, 873, 9649, 8908, 11036, 9679, 5379, 338, 12756, 7297, 1552, 10579, 12254, ...
7. the press yard was that part set aside for the condemned.	[ 9690, 11200, 11271, 2698, 3806, 2224, 10547, 9652, 6956, 9134, 1502, 3379, 9139, 3514, 1458, 7674, 5152, 10677, 11413, 10248, 7041, 7371, 31, 1774, 7009, 8319, 9928, 7535, 10250, 1968, 8175, 8303, 3737, 10218, 10178, 2561, 495, 10505, 12240...
its name and its situation were the same as those of the old place of carrying out the terrible sentence inflicted on accused persons who stood mute.	[ 9990, 6000, 9600, 2155, 2182, 2308, 9289, 6703, 8259, 12537, 2568, 12760, 426, 8064, 1731, 12691, 2308, 765, 2189, 1347, 10116, 8194, 11825, 5922, 9062, 6516, 8638, 1433, 3318, 11884, 8417, 10241, 8065, 11975, 12355, 8704, 11895, 9992, 2485...
the long narrow yard still remained as we saw it in jacobite times,	[ 1766, 7932, 6183, 10862, 10866, 12401, 4795, 1543, 77, 11935, 6700, 2265, 2260, 543, 1646, 7396, 3960, 8448, 3920, 10882, 10290, 11054, 3680, 12334, 4614, 1730, 2136, 10013, 8683, 9061, 11254, 890, 719, 11776, 346, 9810, 8137, 5959, 10286, ...
and beyond it was now a day room for the capital convicts or those awaiting execution.	[ 5702, 6840, 9526, 2381, 2591, 9241, 12588, 5640, 4522, 6077, 11976, 2273, 10821, 7763, 11829, 6952, 12717, 11780, 9347, 5429, 4324, 3123, 3834, 4026, 10666, 3235, 4895, 11766, 8839, 7704, 9591, 12765, 5173, 11253, 679, 1052, 6384, 4695, 105...
beyond the press yard were three stories, condemned cells, fifteen in all, with vaulted ceilings nine feet high to the crown of the arch.	[ 6893, 2308, 8215, 10268, 11376, 10095, 5624, 8477, 6727, 10704, 2435, 4813, 103, 9310, 11931, 5034, 10366, 7897, 6604, 11500, 11905, 8072, 1792, 7838, 9270, 8943, 2186, 2324, 12104, 6107, 9572, 10611, 4531, 10682, 5761, 2104, 10071, 5636, 6...
the ground floor cells were nine feet by six;	[ 6805, 12214, 12519, 8197, 7713, 10923, 8651, 12534, 1087, 2213, 8128, 9088, 5077, 1031, 245, 252, 11889, 10121, 5930, 947, 8757, 4193, 4788, 2647, 11842, 9768, 10700, 9181, 9857, 6056, 432, 8359, 9795, 5577, 11144, 10190, 587, 8688, 11098, ...
those on the first floor were rather larger on account of a set-off in the wall; and the uppermost were the largest, for the same reason.	[ 4911, 1629, 1597, 11848, 5839, 8817, 10379, 8140, 10851, 10385, 1921, 8169, 8475, 1142, 1279, 2277, 5436, 11372, 5492, 11343, 7760, 8205, 10329, 11887, 8743, 4193, 4933, 1710, 287, 7339, 10400, 9487, 135, 6192, 6405, 9519, 8080, 11720, 8711...
security was provided for in these condemned cells by lining the substantial stone walls with planks studded with broad-headed nails;	[ 12176, 10055, 11252, 7429, 6685, 5640, 12175, 5825, 10367, 10049, 8188, 10982, 8620, 3095, 1047, 4233, 1033, 8595, 9694, 639, 2167, 9429, 1544, 6971, 2113, 1665, 1920, 11758, 2225, 12647, 2, 4146, 12658, 9160, 2383, 1231, 5180, 10364, 9488,...
they were lighted by a double-grated window two feet nine inches by fourteen inches; and in the doors, which were four inches thick,	[ 11919, 131, 8246, 5787, 11005, 1039, 704, 4871, 1689, 3504, 7711, 4226, 5649, 4408, 10823, 9021, 10292, 12145, 5357, 9806, 5769, 9414, 7531, 377, 11839, 2128, 10043, 1615, 1708, 8361, 12281, 9156, 11866, 10459, 8138, 12573, 9921, 873, 2482,...
a circular aperture had been let in to give ventilation and secure a free current of air.	[ 5404, 10689, 10113, 10779, 10456, 11757, 10882, 11445, 11869, 434, 5703, 2570, 8702, 5288, 12611, 1862, 2222, 3429, 8967, 1248, 4847, 2283, 11518, 8708, 2539, 2519, 2245, 1696, 696, 9669, 11065, 9805, 7827, 6436, 7099, 9574, 11272, 12201, 5...
in each cell there was a barrack bedstead on the floor without bedding.	[ 1926, 7321, 355, 9858, 2848, 12618, 8577, 9665, 2191, 206, 10363, 10355, 5419, 7022, 1461, 3496, 2278, 179, 12305, 10191, 8440, 9663, 10823, 7845, 10248, 11700, 3896, 12383, 3672, 9488, 2506, 10141, 4743, 12573, 2590, 6907, 7899, 11731, 120...
8. the female felons were deprived of part of the space which the architect had intended for them.	[ 11973, 4674, 5977, 12273, 9027, 6565, 3426, 11060, 3957, 3565, 3558, 1521, 10228, 10578, 8146, 10816, 10304, 9790, 9927, 7742, 11148, 12253, 14, 5949, 1611, 4666, 2368, 638, 1185, 6997, 8189, 8478, 3095, 11343, 11844, 9060, 10142, 7835, 352...
more than half their quadrangle had been partitioned off for another purpose,	[ 4284, 10805, 3224, 11790, 9974, 8646, 10821, 10820, 10572, 4013, 4677, 1694, 10536, 5540, 1079, 1049, 10084, 1775, 2117, 11960, 1198, 189, 5989, 8909, 3513, 3593, 6256, 8183, 5287, 8794, 12275, 11526, 8450, 11974, 11801, 12509, 487, 5679, 2...
and what remained was divided into a master's and a common side for female felons.	[ 3342, 12522, 7870, 10266, 7067, 11875, 1144, 4662, 2117, 2371, 9832, 11897, 2890, 1372, 1901, 5983, 496, 3711, 9985, 10020, 2715, 1838, 607, 1602, 7446, 5036, 1996, 12024, 770, 6189, 1272, 7215, 10822, 10755, 4481, 12703, 9831, 11877, 11859...
the two yards were adjoining, that for the common side much the largest.	[ 9606, 4556, 10165, 5808, 11739, 7243, 9267, 4826, 1751, 1646, 7405, 1840, 10057, 5437, 1131, 1511, 6008, 12635, 10283, 12308, 4771, 2049, 4394, 6507, 7467, 3884, 9141, 6651, 944, 5039, 519, 7749, 1530, 8164, 97, 2642, 11231, 3231, 3105, 1...
there were nine wards in all on the female side, one of them in the attic,	[ 9878, 3667, 7870, 11354, 2104, 7271, 95, 2117, 2144, 2666, 318, 766, 2294, 1840, 12632, 4804, 12517, 2607, 111, 52, 297, 2726, 4410, 7899, 8153, 9730, 64, 9767, 150, 7805, 8129, 10178, 7703, 5343, 11349, 11842, 12580, 5346, 8612, 6012, ...
with four casements and two fireplaces, being allotted for a female infirmary	[ 8895, 11747, 8153, 11242, 7789, 10805, 8337, 11259, 6855, 2370, 8136, 4928, 2102, 1640, 10129, 4554, 1457, 1487, 4200, 8696, 9668, 11858, 10915, 8660, 10767, 9348, 6747, 10743, 4863, 2180, 8392, 2436, 2189, 10049, 6098, 5932, 1982, 5996, 30...
and the rest being provided with barrack beds, and in dimensions varying from thirty feet by fifteen to fifteen feet by ten.	[ 7949, 11376, 10323, 7990, 11911, 7880, 344, 3352, 7334, 4867, 4816, 8185, 8479, 5346, 11999, 10262, 9219, 10007, 11985, 10879, 8473, 3449, 10175, 4103, 11495, 10384, 3368, 7415, 2183, 3651, 4400, 12569, 10113, 9571, 11677, 11670, 3443, 3783, ...
the eight courts above enumerated were well supplied with water;	[ 7473, 12354, 411, 10306, 9281, 12252, 11250, 8534, 3134, 2158, 5416, 12706, 4481, 11107, 3890, 1535, 5224, 9311, 4119, 8428, 283, 1729, 4793, 2123, 1138, 549, 1327, 2324, 5977, 4806, 10019, 5427, 8236, 5787, 2750, 8710, 10300, 10346, 11208,...
they had dust-bins, sewers, and so forth, "properly disposed," and the city scavenger paid periodical visits to the prison.	[ 10015, 12291, 8005, 10310, 8195, 4848, 12718, 2583, 8584, 4025, 7102, 2180, 6753, 11896, 9881, 4506, 9659, 6528, 9608, 7244, 702, 1637, 7398, 11861, 12161, 8668, 9580, 937, 775, 6161, 11993, 2375, 1076, 8140, 190, 6831, 8537, 931, 1321, 7...
the prisoners had few comforts, beyond the occasional use of a bath at some distance, situated in the press yard,	[ 6356, 10678, 9879, 7553, 1634, 1117, 7250, 3524, 8203, 12123, 8147, 11985, 11362, 10616, 8663, 8218, 11059, 3558, 1771, 3056, 12616, 1248, 12454, 4868, 5151, 9249, 9531, 7298, 5123, 11765, 12420, 12355, 11978, 4354, 9397, 5692, 2337, 4819, ...
to which access was granted rarely and as a great favor. but they were allowed the luxury of drink -- if they could pay for it.	[ 12243, 2650, 9271, 12763, 332, 5191, 7840, 11537, 1295, 5320, 3456, 6334, 1928, 12148, 9455, 9287, 9256, 9607, 9441, 306, 5943, 7173, 6733, 3676, 6847, 2115, 5378, 1015, 11335, 1679, 2160, 4303, 9225, 7047, 11569, 10550, 2261, 920, 6556, ...
a recent reform had closed the tap kept by the jailer within the precincts, but	[ 5399, 5435, 11411, 10368, 10188, 9240, 957, 9455, 10708, 8668, 7742, 1215, 1186, 6781, 10638, 3088, 8040, 10577, 9327, 11882, 11811, 6912, 12715, 1968, 8788, 12273, 8455, 583, 4, 8123, 5483, 3436, 1970, 11258, 9991, 5209, 9000, 2913, 7165, ...
there was still a "convenient room" which served, and, quote,	[ 6898, 7238, 106, 10293, 10771, 11464, 4992, 12635, 5637, 11390, 4612, 10672, 11221, 4784, 5937, 12508, 9921, 7272, 2202, 1676, 12722, 340, 4406, 1764, 50, 11384, 10866, 3441, 7563, 1518, 1442, 1342, 664, 9539, 5505, 10177, 11286, 2222, 1774...
near it a grating through which the debtors receive their beer from the neighboring public-houses.	[ 7411, 12290, 3150, 4839, 9284, 10221, 1457, 5911, 11641, 7852, 11925, 11842, 11674, 1604, 2337, 7082, 9684, 8540, 11354, 8233, 11830, 9576, 12034, 9654, 8880, 12775, 1607, 9685, 4189, 9801, 3978, 3310, 5569, 9672, 11840, 9346, 9068, 4909, 1...
the felons' side has a similar accommodation, and this mode of introducing the beverage is adopted because no publican as such	[ 4318, 10708, 12253, 8711, 7805, 523, 9786, 1410, 12202, 11200, 4495, 743, 8415, 9282, 9053, 10438, 10058, 10504, 10625, 11587, 8818, 10355, 1126, 877, 10545, 727, 610, 1652, 10221, 4613, 6722, 9090, 11845, 12345, 2858, 1381, 11244, 508, 308...
can be permitted to enter the interior of this prison. end quote. the tap-room and bar were just behind the felons' entrance lodge,	[ 12182, 9320, 12535, 784, 8037, 616, 5689, 6146, 9679, 1168, 12273, 5786, 498, 10308, 11440, 3334, 6748, 7535, 402, 9540, 10872, 9669, 2181, 1686, 2207, 2380, 6749, 226, 911, 8355, 801, 2199, 9088, 1344, 8127, 12574, 12424, 2375, 4776, 434...
and beyond it was a room called the "wine room," because formerly used for the sale of wine, but	[ 3783, 1167, 1170, 7224, 6938, 9598, 7363, 23, 543, 6776, 12422, 7696, 9612, 9645, 11126, 1385, 5949, 11802, 10054, 7924, 11062, 7212, 5680, 11825, 11238, 8823, 5245, 8568, 6893, 7865, 10365, 10333, 11279, 2050, 1652, 6894, 2156, 696, 1209, ...
in which latterly a copper had been fixed for the cooking of provisions sent in by charitable persons.	[ 4486, 12442, 3134, 3224, 12098, 5930, 12407, 10311, 12115, 6172, 3300, 2231, 7364, 3356, 3953, 1973, 3651, 10744, 11221, 7831, 5288, 4471, 2293, 878, 8149, 1163, 6587, 1624, 9011, 9694, 10320, 11763, 1432, 5529, 2649, 5208, 11252, 10274, 11...
quote, on the top of the jail, continues neild, are a watch-house and a sentry-box, where two or more guards, with dogs and firearms,	[ 8108, 11830, 6259, 12260, 8020, 3500, 1324, 8621, 10670, 2991, 4963, 511, 5151, 1585, 3676, 12786, 10574, 10259, 7848, 5791, 1386, 1757, 1912, 9986, 4614, 12292, 1670, 573, 8307, 10680, 9492, 12090, 9543, 2128, 4763, 1699, 9928, 2369, 7284,...
watch all night. adjoining the felons' side lodge is the keeper's office, where the prison books are kept, and his clerk,	[ 3316, 10799, 10333, 12762, 3844, 945, 799, 2678, 1585, 12406, 10975, 2179, 3504, 12268, 3907, 3435, 4389, 1331, 3372, 6076, 1466, 1959, 5672, 12650, 100, 2102, 2346, 2257, 1979, 7955, 8153, 10821, 5226, 6675, 12449, 11208, 4431, 3167, 2126,...
called the clerk of the papers, attends daily. end quote.	[ 11238, 119, 2675, 7163, 10344, 11668, 12471, 8735, 7968, 8935, 6563, 5648, 10663, 9797, 208, 9143, 9830, 11913, 7617, 3954, 881, 8470, 9720, 6471, 1606, 2232, 12521, 1928, 12559, 9731, 2636, 8383, 4363, 4019, 8498, 1458, 433, 1671, 2273, ...
having thus briefly described the plan and appropriation of the prison, i propose to deal now with the general condition of the inmates, and the manner of their life.	[ 10373, 7897, 11265, 9313, 7015, 10260, 11080, 1185, 8502, 4765, 6402, 8661, 10875, 6785, 12774, 11585, 10648, 7918, 607, 11854, 8490, 2928, 3155, 10687, 11124, 1623, 1295, 9423, 9841, 1014, 4186, 32, 8037, 4206, 7994, 2798, 4812, 2247, 1859...
of these the debtors, male and female, formed a large proportion.	[ 910, 10323, 8492, 4387, 4674, 2314, 2315, 7304, 1928, 10230, 3824, 12630, 9222, 9678, 2207, 2277, 9874, 4544, 1073, 4615, 2310, 2684, 1622, 6840, 6555, 10721, 9731, 128, 4646, 3334, 187, 3507, 11210, 7853, 10804, 10329, 11376, 8262, 2811, ...
the frequency and extent of processes against debtors seventy or eighty years ago will appear almost incredible	[ 4318, 10700, 8092, 12363, 10601, 5878, 4705, 8641, 2254, 2316, 11972, 1043, 12653, 7904, 8530, 11721, 12645, 1030, 9912, 9208, 9602, 798, 9115, 8188, 8991, 7708, 5060, 10440, 2505, 2191, 6861, 9993, 399, 11120, 12375, 11376, 12736, 1912, 10...
in an age when insolvent acts and bankruptcy courts do so much to relieve the impecunious,	[ 1728, 4701, 4859, 996, 2117, 9859, 11906, 10034, 833, 6719, 4785, 433, 11524, 12386, 10560, 9031, 7782, 10355, 9575, 11888, 2955, 503, 1031, 8399, 10457, 880, 4489, 3081, 3824, 6074, 6663, 11448, 8556, 6242, 8629, 7625, 2115, 8104, 11238, ...
and imprisonment for debt has almost entirely disappeared.	[ 3783, 6279, 1568, 12045, 9256, 10614, 12069, 11776, 6923, 11896, 9339, 9248, 9620, 10724, 8803, 4024, 4807, 11334, 12251, 2965, 11095, 12489, 365, 7775, 7731, 2237, 1078, 11601, 12186, 1545, 9016, 3463, 607, 2182, 2206, 2732, 2159, 1793, 10...

300 debtors and 900 criminals in newgate, or twelve hundred prisoners in all.

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previous to that date there had been 700 or 800 frequently, and once, in mr. akerman's time, one thousand.

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trustworthy evidence is forthcoming to the effect that these high figures were constantly maintained for many months at a time.

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the inadequacy of the jail was noticed and reported upon again and again by the grand juries of the city of london,

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who seldom let a session go by without visiting newgate.

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in 1813

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the grand jury made a special presentment to the court of common council, pointing out that on the debtors' side, which was intended for only 100,

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no less than 340 were crowded, to the great inconvenience and danger of the inmates.

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on the female side matters were much worse;

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quote. the apartments set apart for them, being built to accommodate 60 persons, now contain about 120. end quote.

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returns laid before the house of commons showed that 6439 persons had been committed to newgate

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in the three years between 1813 and 1816,

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and this number did not include the debtors, a numerous class, who were still committed to newgate pending the completion of the white cross street prison.

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in order to realize the evils entailed by incarceration in newgate in these days, it is necessary to give some account of its interior

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as it was occupied and appropriated in 1810.

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full details of the arrangements are to be found in mr. neild's "state of prisons in england, scotland, and wales," published in 1812.

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the jail at that date was divided into eight separate and more or less distinct departments, each of which had its own wards and yard.

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these were: 1. the male debtors' side.

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2. the female debtors' side. 3. the chapel yard. 4. the middle yard.

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5. the master felons' side. 6. the female felons' side. 7. the state side.

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8. the press yard.

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1. the male debtors' side consisted of a yard forty-nine feet by thirty-one,

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leading to thirteen wards on various floors, and a day room.

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of these wards, three were appropriated to the "cabin side," so called because

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they each contained four small rooms or "cabins" seven feet square,

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intended to accommodate a couple of prisoners apiece, but often much more crowded.

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two other wards were appropriated to the master's side debtors; they were each twenty-three feet by fourteen and a half,

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and supposed to accommodate twenty persons. the eight remaining wards were for the common side debtors,

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long narrow rooms -- one thirty-six feet, six twenty-three feet, and the eighth eighteen,

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the whole about fifteen feet wide.

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the various wards were all about eleven feet in height,

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and were occupied as a rule by ten to fifteen people when the prison was not crowded, but double the number was occasionally placed in them.

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the day room was fitted with benches and settles after the manner of the tap in a public-house.

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2. the female debtors' side consisted of a court-yard forty-nine by sixteen feet,

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leading to two wards, one of which was thirty-six feet by fifteen,

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and the other eighteen by fifteen; and they nominally held twenty-two persons.

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a high wall fifteen feet in height divided the females' court-yard from the men's.

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3. the chapel yard was about forty-three feet by twenty-five.

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it had been for some time devoted principally to felons of the worst types,

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those who were the oldest offenders, sentenced to transportation, and who had narrowly escaped the penalty of death.

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this arrangement was, however, modified after 1811, and the chapel yard was allotted to misdemeanants and prisoners awaiting trial.

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the wards in this part were five in number, all in dimensions twenty feet by fifteen, with a sixth ward fifteen feet square.

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these wards were all fitted with barrack-beds, but no bedding was supplied.

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the chapel yard led to the chapel, and on the staircase were two rooms frequently set apart for the king's witnesses,

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those who had turned king's evidence, whose safety might have been imperiled had they been lodged with the men against whom they had informed.

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but these king's witnesses were also put at times into the press yard among the capital convicts, seemingly a very dangerous proceeding,

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or they lodged with the gatesmen, the prisoner officers who had charge of the inner gates.

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the middle yard was at first given up to the least heinous offenders. after 1812 it changed functions with the chapel yard.

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it was fifty feet by twenty-five, and had five wards each thirty-eight by fifteen. at one end of the yard was an arcade,

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directly under the chapel, in which there were three cells, used either for the confinement of disorderly and refractory prisoners,

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or female convicts ordered for execution.

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the master felons' side consisted of a yard the same size as the preceding, appropriated nominally to the most decent and better-behaved prisoners,

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but really kept for the few who had funds sufficient to gain them admission to these more comfortable quarters.

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here were also lodged the gatesmen, the prisoners who had charge of the inner gates, and who were entrusted with the duty of escorting visitors from the gates

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to the various wards their friends occupied.

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the state side was the part stolen from the female felons' side.

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it was large and comparatively commodious, being maintained on a better footing than any other part of the prison.

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the inmates were privileged, either by antecedents or the fortunate possession of sufficient funds to pay the charges of the place.

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neild takes it for granted that the former rather than the latter prevailed in the selection,

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and tells us that in the state side, quote, such prisoners were safely associated whose manners and conduct evince a more liberal style of education,

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and who are therefore lodged apart from all other districts of the jail. end quote.

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the state side contained twelve good-sized rooms,

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from twenty-one by eighteen feet to fifteen feet square, which were furnished with bedsteads and bedding.

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7. the press yard was that part set aside for the condemned.

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its name and its situation were the same as those of the old place of carrying out the terrible sentence inflicted on accused persons who stood mute.

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the long narrow yard still remained as we saw it in jacobite times,

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and beyond it was now a day room for the capital convicts or those awaiting execution.

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beyond the press yard were three stories, condemned cells, fifteen in all, with vaulted ceilings nine feet high to the crown of the arch.

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the ground floor cells were nine feet by six;

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those on the first floor were rather larger on account of a set-off in the wall; and the uppermost were the largest, for the same reason.

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security was provided for in these condemned cells by lining the substantial stone walls with planks studded with broad-headed nails;

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they were lighted by a double-grated window two feet nine inches by fourteen inches; and in the doors, which were four inches thick,

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a circular aperture had been let in to give ventilation and secure a free current of air.

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in each cell there was a barrack bedstead on the floor without bedding.

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8. the female felons were deprived of part of the space which the architect had intended for them.

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more than half their quadrangle had been partitioned off for another purpose,

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and what remained was divided into a master's and a common side for female felons.

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the two yards were adjoining, that for the common side much the largest.

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there were nine wards in all on the female side, one of them in the attic,

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with four casements and two fireplaces, being allotted for a female infirmary

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and the rest being provided with barrack beds, and in dimensions varying from thirty feet by fifteen to fifteen feet by ten.

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the eight courts above enumerated were well supplied with water;

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they had dust-bins, sewers, and so forth, "properly disposed," and the city scavenger paid periodical visits to the prison.

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the prisoners had few comforts, beyond the occasional use of a bath at some distance, situated in the press yard,

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to which access was granted rarely and as a great favor. but they were allowed the luxury of drink -- if they could pay for it.

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a recent reform had closed the tap kept by the jailer within the precincts, but

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there was still a "convenient room" which served, and, quote,

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near it a grating through which the debtors receive their beer from the neighboring public-houses.

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the felons' side has a similar accommodation, and this mode of introducing the beverage is adopted because no publican as such

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can be permitted to enter the interior of this prison. end quote. the tap-room and bar were just behind the felons' entrance lodge,

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and beyond it was a room called the "wine room," because formerly used for the sale of wine, but

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in which latterly a copper had been fixed for the cooking of provisions sent in by charitable persons.

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quote, on the top of the jail, continues neild, are a watch-house and a sentry-box, where two or more guards, with dogs and firearms,

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watch all night. adjoining the felons' side lodge is the keeper's office, where the prison books are kept, and his clerk,

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called the clerk of the papers, attends daily. end quote.

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having thus briefly described the plan and appropriation of the prison, i propose to deal now with the general condition of the inmates, and the manner of their life.

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of these the debtors, male and female, formed a large proportion.

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the frequency and extent of processes against debtors seventy or eighty years ago will appear almost incredible

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in an age when insolvent acts and bankruptcy courts do so much to relieve the impecunious,

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and imprisonment for debt has almost entirely disappeared.

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