19. Schedules defraying the expenses of building, repairing, &c., [as the case shall be], the good, and forms. bridewell, or house of correction at -, [as the case shall be], for the said county, &c.; and we do hereby confirm the same unto the said G. H., his executors, adminis trators, and assigns, for securing the payment of the sum of £—, and interest for the same, after the rate of £- per centum per annum, and do order the trea for the said county, &c., or other person, [as the case shall be], to pay the istemi of the said sum of £ half-yearly, as the same shall become due, until the principal shall be discharged, pursuant to the directions of the said act.

Schedule (B) referred to by stat. 5 Geo. 4, c. 85.

[The Schedule also contains the Form of an Annual Return to be made to the Secretary of State as to the State of Gaols, &c.; but another Form is stituted by the 2 & 3 Vict. c. 56, post, 408].

(3). Certificate.

Certificate, Route, and Description of Discharged Prisoners, under the 5th Geo. IV. c. 85.

Whereas, by the act of Parliament of the fifth George Fourth, cap. 85, prisoners discharged from prison may, upon application to the visiting justices of such press, become entitled to certain allowances from the overseers of the poor of any place through which they may pass on their way to the places of their settlement, under authority of a route and certificate of two such visiting magistrates; and where

-, corresponding in appearance and the account he [or," she"] gives of himself (t, "herself" to the description after mentioned, has come before us, two of the visiting juitices of the county gaol [or, "house of correction"] at — -, and is deemed by us to be fit object to receive the regulated allowances under the said act; this is to certify th same, and to require the overseers of the poor of the places mentioned in the route to issue to the said discharged prisoner the allowance specified in the said route as required by the said act of Parliament: provided that the discharged prisoner produces the said route himself [or, “herself"], and that the description corresponds with his [or, "her"] appearance, and agrees with the account he [or, "she"] gives of him or, "herself"], and the number of children he [or, “ she”] has with him [or, “ker" Given under our hands and seals, this -day of·

This pass to be in force for

{

Seal and signature of the Magistrate.

days from the date hereof. N.B.-To prevent frauds, all parish officers are not to give the allowances granted by the aforesaid act under the authority of any other form of pass than this, which is prescribed in the schedule of the act of Parliament aforesaid.

Directions for filling up these Passes.

The magistrate is to fill up the description, and to insert in the column marked A. the names of the places through which the discharged prisoner is to travel; and in the column marked B., (in words), the allowance per mile which he (or she) is to receive; and also to write the number of children in words, in the proper column, in the following form; and, when there are no children, to strike out that part of the form. In case of any mistake, the magistrate should make the necessary alteration with a pen, and write his name opposite thereto.

The overseer of the poor will insert in the column marked C. the distance of the place to which he advances the allowance; in that marked D., the sum he gives the discharged prisoner; and in that marked E., will sign his own name, specifying the parish for which he acts. He is also to take before a magistrate any person that presents a pass in which there are alterations other than with the pen, as above directed.

19. Schedules
and forms.

Schedule (B) re-
ferred to by stat.
5 Geo. 4, c. 85,
(continued).

Description of discharged prisoner.

Memorandum for the Guidance of the Overseers of the Poor, Treasurers (4). Memorandum

of Counties, and Keepers of Prisons.

Each Overseer is to take a receipt from the discharged prisoner, signed with his (or her) name or mark, and he is to be reimbursed the money paid by the treasurer of the county in which he serves the office of overseer, on giving him a receipt for the same, together with the discharged prisoner's receipt. The overseer who makes the last advance, to carry the discharged prisoner to his place of residence, is to send the certificate, route, and pass to the keeper of the prison from which the prisoner was discharged; and the said keeper shall make and sign a declaration in the form herein next after annexed, which said declaration shall be attested by one visiting justice of the said prison.

I, —, keeper of the county gaol, [or, “keeper of the house of correction or prison"], at in the county of, do declare, that this pass hath come to me without ester [or," in a cover open at the sides"], and without any paper or thing inclosed therein, and without any writing other than the matter of such pass, and than the superscription upon the same, or upon the cover thereof.

(Signed) A. B.

1,—, one of the visiting justices of the said prison, do attest, that, after due examination, I do believe the aforesaid declaration to be true.

Dated this

day of

C. D.

for the guidance of the overseers of the poor, trea

surers of counties, and keepers of

prisons.

(5). Declaration of the keeper of

the prison.

19. Whether common gaol, house of correction, or bridewell?

20.- Under whose jurisdiction and superintendence?

21.-Number of officers, and how appointed?

22.-Number of classes, wards, or divisions, work rooms, day rooms, and airing yards,

and whether the same can be extended or increased?

23.-Dietary or other weekly allowance; and weekly cost per head?

24.- Allowance of clothing and bedding, and cost per head?

25.-Description of employment, and hard labour?

26. Hours of labour?

27. To what extent do prisoners associate, by day and by night?

28. What duties are performed by the chaplain, what provision made for instruction, and whether prisoners are supplied with Bibles and other books of moral and religious character?

29.-Are female prisoners exclusively attended by female officers?

30.-Attendance of the surgeon, and whether separate buildings or apartments are provided for the sick?

31.-Reasons for non-employment of prisoners, with reference to column 15?

32.-What is the nature of the punishments inflicted, and for what offences are prisoners so punished?

33.

Is there any insane prisoner in confinement?

State his or her name, age, and for what offence committed?
How long has he or she been in confinement?

How long has he or she been insane?

34.-General observations.

will be equal to the whole Number of Prisoners in the Prison, expressed in the Second Division of the Column will be equal to that of Columns 8 and 9, and to that of Columns 10 and 11.

19. Schedules

and forms.

(7). Conviction on

4 Geo. 4, c. 64, s. 40, for carrying spirituous liquors into a prison.

Other forms referred to.

[Commence the conviction as in the form prescribed by the act, ante, p. 401, State the offence thus:]-for that the said A. B., on &c., at &c., in contravention of the existing rules, did carry and bring, [or, “attempt and endeavour to carry and bring"], into a certain prison, to which the act of Parliament made and passed in the fourth year of the reign of his late Majesty, and intituled, “ An act for counădating," &c. [set out the title of the act, as ante, p. 402], to wit, the gaol at—, in and for the county of certain spirituous and fermented liquor, to w quarts of gin; contrary to the form af the statute in such case made and provint. And the said A. B. is, for the said offence, adjudged by me, the said justice, to for and pay immediately, the sum of ten pounds, [not exceeding twenty pounds, and t less than ten pounds], or else to be imprisoned in ·for the space of· exceeding three] months. Given under my hand and seal, the day and year first aber mentioned.

See a form of indictment against parties for not repairing gaols. 3 Chit. Crin Law, 668, 669; also of indictment for destroying a gaol. Id. 207.

See forms for prison breaking, post, "Prison Breaking;" also, ante, “Ecape."

Gaols for Juvenile Offenders.

[1 & 2 Vict. c. 82; 3 & 4 Vict. c. 90].

By stat. 1 & 2 Vict. c. 82, intituled "An Act for establishing a Pri for young Offenders," [10th August, 1838], after reciting that, "it may be of great public advantage that a prison be provided in which young of fenders may be detained and corrected, and may receive such instruction and be subject to such discipline as shall appear most conducive to their reformation, and to the repression of crime; and that the buildings a Parkhurst, in the Isle of Wight, lately used as a military hospital and as a medical asylum for the children of soldiers, are buildings which may be conveniently used for such a prison;" it is enacted, "That it shall be lawful for her Majesty, by warrant under the royal sign manua to appoint that the said buildings at Parkhurst shall be used as a prison for the confinement of such offenders as are hereinafter specified, as soo as the same can be fitted and completed for that purpose; and the sal buildings shall thereupon become a prison for the lawful confinement of such offenders, and shall be within the provisions of 5 & 6 Will. IV.

c. 38."

Sect. 2. "That it shall be lawful for one of her Majesty's principal secretaries of state to appoint for Parkhurst prison a governor, a chap lain, being a clergyman not having any other cure of souls, a surgel, a matron, and such other officers, assistants, and servants, as may be ne cessary for the service and discipline of the prison, and at pleasure to remove all or any of the said governor, chaplain, surgeon, matron, and other officers, assistants, and servants, and to appoint others in their room, and to fix the salaries to be paid to each of them."

Sect. 3. "That it shall be lawful for one of her Majesty's princips! secretaries of state to direct the removal to Parkhurst prison of any young offender, male or female, as well those under sentence or order of transportation, as those under sentence of imprisonment, who, having been examined by an experienced surgeon or apothecary, shall appear to be free from any putrid or infectious distemper, and fit to be removed from the gaol, prison, or place in which such offender shall be confined: Provided always, that every offender so removed, who shall be under sentence of transportation, shall nevertheless be within the provisions of the 5 Geo. IV. c. 84 [which see, post, "Transportation," Vol. VI. in case the secretary of state shall direct that he or she shall be after wards removed from Parkhurst prison, as hereinafter provided."