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Calendar of prisoners

Calendar of prisoners, a list of all the prisoners' names in custody in any prison for trial at assizes or sessions,

Criminal Prisoner

Matched in: Term Criminal Prisoner

Marshalsea prison (English).

Marshalsea prison (English). By 5 & 6Vict. c. 22, amended by 11 & 12 Vict. c. 7, this prison is

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Poor Prisoners, Defence of

Poor Prisoners, Defence of. The (English) Poor Prisoners Defence Act, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, c. 32), repealing the

Mentally ill prisoner

Matched in: Term Mentally ill prisoner

Committal to prison

Committal to prison, if the Magistrate commits the fugitive criminal to prison he must commit him, subject to any appeal there

state prison

state prison : a prison maintained by a state esp. to incarcerate those convicted of serious crimes (as felonies)

prison camp

prison camp : a camp for the confinement of reasonably trustworthy prisoners usually employed on government projects

Queen's prison

Queen's prison, means a prison established in 1842 in Southwark, to be used for debtors and criminals confined under authority

Parkhurst prison

Isle of Wight for the confinement and correction of young offenders, male or female; now used for male prisoners under sentence of penal servitude.

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