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ABSTRACT

Presents a representative body of Romantic and early Victorian crime literature. This work contains ephemeral material ranging from gallows broadsides to reports into prison conditions. It is suitable for those studying Literature, Romantic and Victorian popular culture, Dickens Studies and the History of Criminology.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|9 pages

from [Batty Langley], An Accurate Description of Newgate, with the Rights, Privileges, Allowances, Fees, Dues, and Customs thereof, together with a Parallel between the Master Debtors Side of the said Prison, and the several Sponging-Houses in the County of Middlesex … written for the Publick Good (London: T. Warner, 1724), pp. 1–2, 42–56.

chapter 2|16 pages

from Cesare Beccaria, An Essay on Crimes and Punishments, Translated from the Italian … (London: J. Almon, 1767), Introduction, chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 28.

chapter 3|21 pages

from William Eden, Principles of Penal Law, 2nd edn (London: T. Cadell, 1771), chapters 2, 3, 4, 7, and 9. 1

chapter 4|6 pages

from William Dodd, Thoughts in Prison (London: Edward and Charles Dilly; G. Kearsley, 1777), pp. 1–2, 62–4, 69–73.

chapter 5|9 pages

J. Leroux, Thoughts on the Present State of the Prisons of This Country; Exemplified by a Plan, Adapted to the Objects of Such Consideration (London: for the Author; and J. Dixwell; M. Babb; and J. Bew, 1780).

chapter 6|11 pages

from [Martin Madan], Thoughts on Executive Justice, with Respect to Our Criminal Laws, Particularly on the Circuits. Dedicated to the Judges of Assize; and Recommended to the Perusal of all Magistrates; and to all Persons Who Are liable to Serve on Crown Juries. By a Sincere Well-wisher to the Public (London: J. Dodsley, 1785), pp. 1–34; 67–74. 1

chapter 7|16 pages

from William Paley, The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy (London: R. Faulder, 1785), book 6, ch. 9 (pp. 526–53).

chapter 8|15 pages

from Jeremy Bentham, Panopticon; or, The Inspection-House: Containing the Idea of a New Principle of Construction Applicable to any Sort of Establishment, in which Persons of any Description Are to Be Kept under Inspection; and in Particular to Penitentiary-Houses, Prisons, Houses of Industry, Work-Houses, Poor-Houses, Manufactories, Mad-Houses, Hospitals, and Schools; with a Plan of Management Adapted to the Principle; in a Series of Letters, Written in the Year 1787, from Crecheff in White Russia, to a Friend in England (Dublin: Thomas Byrne, 1791), pp. iii, 4–10, 21–30, 35–43, 67–9.

chapter 9|26 pages

from John Howard, The State of the Prisons in England and Wales, with Preliminary Observations, and an Account of Some Foreign Prisons and Hospitals, 4th edn (London: J. Johnson, C. Dilly, and T. Cadell, 1792), pp. 4–19, 214–16, 469–72, 483–4.

chapter 10|26 pages

from William Godwin, An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice, and Its Influence on General Virtue and Happiness, 2 vols (London: G. G. and J. Robinson, 1793); vol. 2, book 7, chapters 1, 3, 6, and 8.

chapter 11|8 pages

William Hodgson, The Case of William Hodgson, Now Confined in Newgate, for the Payment of Two Hundred Pounds, After having Suffered Two Years’ Imprisonment on a Charge of Sedition, Considered and Compared with the Existing Laws of the Country (London: Daniel Isaac Eaton; 1 John Smith, [1796]). 2

chapter 12|7 pages

from George Walker, The Vagabond: A Novel, 2 vols (London: G. Walker, and Lee and Hurst, 1799), vol. 1, pp. 134–51.

chapter 13|8 pages

from John Aldini, An Account of the Late Improvements in Galvanism, with a Series of Curious and Interesting Experiments Performed before the Commissioners of the French National Institute, and Repeated Lately in the Anatomical Theatres of London … To Which Is Added an Appendix, Containing the Author’s Experiments on the Body of a Malefactor Executed at Newgate (London: Cuthell and Martin; and John Murray, 1803), pp. 189–203.

chapter 14|10 pages

from Sir Richard Phillips, A Letter to the Livery of London, Relative to the Views of the Writer in Executing the Office of Sheriff (London: T. Gillet, 1808), pp. 76–101.

chapter 15|8 pages

from Andrew Knapp and William Baldwin, Criminal Chronology; or, The New Newgate Calendar; Being Interesting Memoirs of Notorious Characters, Who Have Been Convicted of Outrages on the Laws of England, during the Seventeenth Century, and Brought Down to the Present Time, Chronologically Arranged …, 5 vols (London: [J. and J. Cunder;] Nutall, Fisher, and Dixon, Liverpool, 1810), vol. 4, pp. 182–9.

chapter 16|5 pages

[Daniel Defoe and another], The Fortunes and Misfortunes of Moll Flanders, Who Was Born in Newgate, and During a Life of Continued Variety for 60 Years Was 17 Times a Whore, 5 Times a Wife, Whereof Once to Her Own Brother, 12 Years a Thief, 11 Times in Bridewell, 9 Times in New Prison, 11 Times in Wood- street Compter, 6 Times in the Poultry Compter, 14 Times in the Gatehouse, 25 Times in Newgate, 15 Times Whipt at the Cart’s Tail, 4 Times Burnt in the Hand, Once Condemned for Life, and 8 Years a Transport in Virginia; at Last Grew Rich, Lived Honest, and Died a Penitent (London: J. Pitts, n.d. 1 ). 2

chapter 17|12 pages

from Sir Samuel Romilly, Observations on the Criminal Law of England, as It Relates to Capital Punishments, and on the Mode in Which It Is Administered (London: T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1810), pp. 3–28.

chapter 18|18 pages

from James Neild, State of the Prisons in England, Scotland, and Wales … (London: John Nichols and Son, 1812), pp. 415–30.

chapter 19|20 pages

from Henry Grey Bennet, A Letter to the Common Council and Livery of the City of London, on the Abuses Existing in Newgate, Showing the Necessity of an Immediate Reform in the Management of that Prison (London: James Ridg way, 1818), pp. 40–79.

chapter 20|21 pages

from Thomas Fowell Buxton, An Inquiry, whether Crime and Misery Are Produced or Prevented, by Our Present System of Prison Discipline, 3rd edn (London: John and Arthur Arch, 1818), pp. 16–27, 63–70, 88–100.

chapter 21|3 pages

Anon., Newgate Walls (c. 1820s).

chapter 22|28 pages

Anon., The Life of Richard Turpin, a Most Notorious Highwayman: Comprising a Particular Account of All His Adventures, Until His Trial and Execution at York, 3rd edn (London: J. Langham; J. Mackenzie, [c. 1820]). 1

chapter 23|22 pages

from [John Bigge], Report of the Commissioner of Inquiry into the State of the Colony of New South Wales (1822), pp. 1–5, 20, 61, 63, 68–70, 74–7, 105–6, 125, 140.

chapter 24|13 pages

from Edward Gibbon Wakefield, Facts Relating to the Punishment of Death in the Metropolis (London: James Ridgway, 1831), pp. 16–28, 82–101.

chapter 25|27 pages

from Thomas Wontner, Old Bailey Experience: Criminal Jurisprudence and the Actual Working of Our Penal Code of Laws; also, An Essay on Prison Discipline, to Which Is Added a History of the Crimes Committed by the Offenders in the Present Day (London: James Fraser, 1833), pp. 37–58, 294–303, 307–14, 328–30.

chapter 26|12 pages

from [William Crawford and Whitworth Russell], Reports of the Inspectors Appointed under the Provisions of the Act 5 & 6 Will. IV. c. 38, to Visit the Different Prisons of Great Britain (I. Home District). Ordered, by the House of Commons, to be Printed, 22 March 1836. pp. 47–8, 50–3, 56–7, 67–9.

chapter 27|22 pages

from Memoir of the Life of Elizabeth Fry, with Extracts from Her Journal and Letters, ed. Katherine Fry and Rachel Elizabeth Cresswell, 2 vols (London: Charles Gilpin; John Hatchard and Son, 1847), vol. 1, ch. 9.

chapter 28|8 pages

Anon., Full Particulars of the Examination and Committal to Newgate of Annette Myers, for the Wilful Murder of Henry Ducker, a Private in the Coldstream Guards, with a Copy of a Letter Written by the Prisoner to Deceased; and also Other Startling Information 1 (London: Birt [1848]).

chapter 29|18 pages

from George Laval Chesterton, Revelations of Prison Life; with an Enquiry into Prison Discipline and Secondary Punishments, 2 vols (London: Hurst and Blackett, 1856), vol. 1, pp. 69–87, 131–43, 175–88