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Thomas Fowell Buxton, M. P. (1786–1845) was a philanthropist who had many connections with the Quaker movement through the family of his wife, who was the sister of Henry Gurney and Elizabeth Fry. He was a passionate opponent of slavery, and campaigned to end it at a time when most British people believed that enough had been done by the abolition of slave trading in 1807. His other great interest was the punishment of crime: he wanted the death sentence abolished, and his campaign succeeded in reducing the number of capital crimes from over two hundred to eight. This book is a plea for a complete change in the purpose and operation of prisons, and an argument (still valid today) that prisons actually encourage crime and produce recidivists rather than reformed characters. Buxton draws on own his experience as a visitor to produce a harrowing account of Victorian prison conditions

"Cette brochure qui révélait et contrariait l'arrangement suivant lequel Napoléon devait se faire porter directment au trône de France, par une décision. de Pie VII (particularité peu connue du public) fut saisie par ordre du gouvernement; on ne sauve qu'un petit nombre d'exemplaires." (J.M. Quérard. La France littéraire).

Continguda en el llibre d'ordres relligades pel notari Francesc Pica, f. 344-353 ; Llista de les penes per als crims comesos per militars

Das Porträt von Carrier ist ein Kupferstich als Frontispiz ; Volltext // Exemplar mit der Signatur: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek -- Gall.rev. 64 fe

Continguda en el llibre d'ordres relligades pel notari Francesc Pica, f. 334-335 ; Circular del governador de Girona sobre la lleva de "vagos i malentretenidos", o sigui, el reclutament forçós dels desocupats

Signatures: A², B-Q⁸, R⁴, Sp² ; Lord Melville was charged with corruption in the administration of the public money. ; NUC pre-1956 ; NSTC ; Mode of access: Internet.

Thacher, ; Martin & Walter. Révolution française, ; Mode of access: Internet.

Trial January 2-March 1, 1805 for alleged misdemeanors in the political trials of Fries and Callender. cf. Sabin, Dict. of books relating to America. ; Mode of access: Internet.

Patrick Colquhoun (1745–1820) was one of the founders, in 1798, of the Thames River Police. Initially a merchant based in Glasgow, he later moved to London and was appointed as a magistrate in the East End. In 1796, he published (anonymously) a report on the types of crime in the capital, and the need for regulation of the behaviour of the inhabitants to suppress it. The work examines the different categories of crime in London, such as illegal trading in the docks, fraud, burglary, and robbery. Later chapters discuss the issue of punishment as well as the changes Colquhoun believed were required in the existing police force. In this 1797 fourth edition - one of six later editions that were published by 1799 - Colquhoun added a lengthy exposition on gambling. Although many of his measures were considered unworkable, Colquhoun's ideas played an important part in the development of modern policing

Title from caption. ; Accompanied by "Appendix. (2070 p. tables part fold. 37 cm.) Published [London, 1794?] ; Caption title. ; Prefized (caption titles, indorsed on verso of last leaf): Articles exhibited by the knights, citizens, and burgesses in Parliament assembled . against Warren Hastings . in maintenance of their impeachment against him for high crimes and misdemeanors. [1787] (30 p., 1 L.)--A further articles (being the seventh) . [1787] (7, [1] p.)--Further articles [8th-20th] . [1787] (30 p., 1 L.)--The answer of Warren Hastings esquire, to the articles exhibited . [1787] (82 p., 1 L.) ; Bound in four volumes. ; Mode of access: Internet. ; "Errata" (3 p.) at end of v.2.