This, indeed, is almost impossible in a well-regulated modern prison, which is arranged for the greatest security with the least infliction of painful restraint in the case of the untried, like those ...
She was a Quaker, and was outraged at conditions for female prisoners in London’s Newgate Prison. She saw hundreds of women imprisoned together in wards. Convicted criminals were mixed with ...
"An hour in Newgate". Exhibiting Mrs Fry and her friends:- as published by the Quakers. Deanna Lynn Matheuszik, The angel paradox: Elizabeth Fry and the role of gender and religion in ...
In the 18th century the Fleet Prison was notorious for its brutality. One warden, Thomas Bambridge, was even stripped of his office and sent to Newgate Prison for the cruelty he inflicted on his ...
On 11th May 1812 Bellingham shot Spencer Perceval as he entered the lobby of the House of Commons. At his trial on 15th May 1812 he was found guilty of murder and was executed at Newgate Prison three ...
Defoe was arrested and thrown in Newgate Prison. At his trial, he pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to spend three days in the pillory at the end of July, and to pay a hefty fine. While waiting for ...
John (aka Jack) Sheppard (1702 - 1724) RA Collection: People and Organisations Famous prison-breaker whose exploits inspired pamphlets, ballads, engravings, and plays. Shortly before his death he was ...
Mass executions took place on Mondays, when prisoners were transported from Newgate Prison to Tyburn in an open wagon, often in their finest clothes. The procession, which was watched by a large and ...
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