Open Old Books
Eighteen Months' Imprisonment

Eighteen Months' Imprisonment

by late captain Donald Shaw

★★★★★No ratings yet

Language: English

Sign in to rate this book.

Sign in to shelve this book.

Start reading

About this eBook

Author
Shaw, Donald, late captain
Credits
This ebook was transcribed by Les Bowler
Language
English
LoC Class
HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare
Subject
Prisons -- Great Britain
Category
Text
eBook-No.
44755
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/44755
Release Date
January 26, 2014
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.EIGHTEEN MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT
  2. 2.CONTENTS
  3. 3.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  4. 4.CHAPTER I. “MY ARREST.”
  5. 5.CHAPTER II. THE HOUSE OF DETENTION.
  6. 6.CHAPTER III. “SETTLING DOWN.”
  7. 7.CHAPTER IV. “PRISON FARE.”
  8. 8.CHAPTER V. GEORGINA.
  9. 9.CHAPTER VI. BOW STREET.
  10. 10.CHAPTER VII. NEWGATE.
  11. 11.CHAPTER VIII. THE SCAFFOLD.
  12. 12.CHAPTER IX. A PRIVATE EXECUTION.
  13. 13.CHAPTER X. “NEWGATE ETIQUETTE.”
  14. 14.CHAPTER XI. THE TITLED CONVICT.
  15. 15.CHAPTER XII. THE CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT.
  16. 16.CHAPTER XIII. “CORPULENCY.”
  17. 17.CHAPTER XIV. COLDBATH FIELDS. — ABSTRACT OF THE REGULATIONS
  18. 18.CHAPTER XV. “OAKUM” LET US SING. — SYSTEM OF PROGRESSIVE STAGES FOR MALE PRISONERS SENTENCED TO HARD LABOUR. — SHORT PRAYERS FOR MORNING AND EVENING. — Morning . — Evening . — NOTICE. — DIETARY FOR CONVICTED PRISONERS. — TABLE OF SUBSTITUTES
  19. 19.CHAPTER XVI. THE VISITING JUSTICES.
  20. 20.CHAPTER XVII. PRISON TRADES.
  21. 21.CHAPTER XVIII. “THE OUTER WORLD.”
  22. 22.CHAPTER XIX. “THE CONVALESCENT WARD.”
  23. 23.CHAPTER XX. CRIMINAL LUNATICS.
  24. 24.CHAPTER XXI. PRISON CELEBRITIES.
  25. 25.CHAPTER XXII. THE TREAD-WHEEL.
  26. 26.CHAPTER XXIII. GARDENING.
  27. 27.CHAPTER XXIV. THE CHURCH MILITANT IN PRISON.
  28. 28.CHAPTER XXV THE HOSPITAL DEAD-HOUSE.
  29. 29.CHAPTER XXVI. BURGLARS “I HAVE MET.”
  30. 30.CHAPTER XXVII. “JUSTICE TEMPERED WITH MERCY.”
  31. 31.CHAPTER XXVIII. A RETROSPECT.
  32. 32.ADVERTISEMENTS. — Will shortly appear . — BIRKBECK BANK, — The Birkbeck Building Society’s Annual Receipts Exceed Four Millions. — LORD LYTTON’S NOVELS. — Uniform with the “Knebworth” Edition of Lord Lytton’s Works — CAPTAIN MARRYAT . — JAMES GRANT’S NOVELS,

Community reviews

Sign in to write a review.

No reviews yet.