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PRISONERS THEIR OWN WARDERS

PRISONERS THEIR OWN WARDERS

by John Frederick Adolphus McNair

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Author
Bayliss, W. D.
Title
Prisoners their own warders : a record of the convict prison at Singapore in the Straits Settlements, established 1825, discontinued 1873, together with a cursory history of the convict establishments at Bencoolen, Penang and Malacca from the year 1797
Credits
Produced by Ronald Lee
Language
English
LoC Class
HV: Social sciences: Social pathology, Social and Public Welfare
Subject
Prisons -- Straits Settlements
Category
Text
eBook-No.
26974
Project Gutenberg
https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/26974
Release Date
October 20, 2008
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.PRISONERS THEIR OWN WARDERS
  2. 2.Preface
  3. 3.Contents
  4. 4.List of Illustrations and Plates
  5. 5.Chapter I EARLY RECORDS OF BENCOOLEN AND OBSERVATIONS ABOUT CONVICTS
  6. 6.Chapter II A SLIGHT SKETCH OF PENANG AND THE TREATMENT OF THE CONVICTS THERE
  7. 7.Chapter III OLD MALACCA AND THE FIRST INTRODUCTION OF CONVICTS THERE
  8. 8.Chapter IV A RUNNING HISTORY OF SINGAPORE: ITS JAIL SYSTEM AND ADMINISTRATION
  9. 9.Chapter V SINGAPORE ( Continued )
  10. 10.Chapter VI SINGAPORE ( Continued )
  11. 11.Chapter VII SINGAPORE ( Continued ) — Description of the Singapore Convict Jail.
  12. 12.Chapter VIII DIVISION INTO CLASSES, TRADES, FOOD, AND CLOTHING
  13. 13.Chapter IX PUBLIC WORKS AND INDUSTRIES — Cathedral [10] (see Plate XVI .) . — Government House (see Plate XIX .) . — Industries (Intra-mural). — Industries (Extra-mural). — Stone Quarrying (see Plate XX .) . — Well Digging.
  14. 14.Chapter X STORIES ABOUT INDIAN CONVICTS AND EUROPEAN LOCAL PRISONERS — No. 1 — No. 2 — No. 3 — No. 4 — No. 5 "FUNNY JOE" — No. 6 CONVICTS WITH A COBRA AND A CROCODILE — No. 7 — No. 8
  15. 15.Chapter XI ABOLITION OF THE CONVICT DEPARTMENT AND DISPOSAL OF THE CONVICTS
  16. 16.Chapter XII DISEASES AND MALINGERING — Feigned Diseases
  17. 17.Chapter XIII CONCLUSION
  18. 18.APPENDICES
  19. 19.APPENDIX I
  20. 20.APPENDIX II
  21. 21.APPENDIX III
  22. 22.APPENDIX IV
  23. 23.APPENDIX V
  24. 24.APPENDIX VI
  25. 25.APPENDIX VII
  26. 26.APPENDIX VIII
  27. 27.APPENDIX IX
  28. 28.Index

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