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Folios 187-194. Letter from R Barker [Richard Barker] and James L Barker, Clerks...
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- 9 September 1837
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- Folios 187-194. Letter from R Barker [Richard Barker] and James L Barker, Clerks to the Guardians of the Tynemouth Poor Law Union, to the Poor Law Commission, concerning the charges of ill-treatment made against the governor of the workhouse. Also enclosed are a copy of the resolution of the guardians on the subject and a copy of the examinations of the witnesses produced at the hearing into the complaint. Enclosed: a letter from John Walsham, Assistant Poor Law Commissioner, to Mr Leferve [John George Shaw Leferve, Poor Law Commissioner], regarding the accusation of cruelty brought against the master of the Tynemouth workhouse master. Enclosed: a copy of the resolution of the guardians compiled by Barker and Barker, concerning a meeting held on 24 August 1837. It was resolved that a committee of guardians be set up to enquire into a charge of ill-treatment by Isabella Marshall, inmate of the workhouse, against George Sanglier, Governor of the Workhouse. Mr Nelson, Mr Rennison [John Rennison], Mr Cruddas, Mr Holdroyd [John Holdroyd], Mr Laing [Robert Laing], Mr Elstob [Samuel Elstob], Mr Heron [Edward Heron] and Mr Stobbs [Roger Stobbs] were appointed to the committee. At a meeting of the guardians on 31 August 1837, the committee formed to enquire into the complaint by Marshall, against Sanglier, found that the governor's conduct was humane and justifiable and that his conduct fully meets with the approbation of the committee. Enclosed: examination of Marshall, taken on 24 August 1837, at Tynemouth Workhouse before Sir John Walsham, and Guardians, Mr Tinley [John Tinley], Mr Rennison, Mr Cruddas, Mr Holdroyd, Mr Laing, Mr Elstob, Mr Heron and Mr Stobbs. She stated that she is 83 years of age and has been in the workhouse three years. That on Tuesday 15 August 1837 she quarrelled with two women about worsted and that Mrs Sanglier, the governor's wife and the governor, came into the room. The governor put her into a canvas dress, which pinned her arms, and tied her feet to the bed. She states that the next day he hit her on the bottom several times and that he later put her into a straightjacket. Mary Bell states she has been in the workhouse two years and knows Marshall, who has been very unquiet and unmanageable for some time. She states that there was an argument about worsted that Marshall claimed had been stolen from her. She saw the governor put Marshall into a straightjacket, but did not see anyone hit her. Elizabeth Coulson, workhouse inmate for several years, saw the governor put a straightwaistcoat onto Marshall, but did not see anyone hit her. Harper, who came from Blyth on 15 August 1837, saw the governor put a straightjacket on Marshall. Frances Bell, Workhouse Nurse for five years, confirmed the accounts of Bell and Coulson and that the governor put the straightwaistcoat onto Marshall to quieten her down and he did not use any unnecessary violence. David Leitch, Medical Officer, Surgeon to the Workhouse attended the workhouse on 16 August 1837 as a complaint had been made concerning ill-treatment to Marshall. He states that he thinks she is in a state of violent mental derangement. He thinks the marks on her body, especially her arms, could have been caused by the straightjacket. He thinks the governor is most humane and considerate to the inmates. Thomas Crawford, Medical Officer, and assistant to Doctor Leitch, considers the governor a very humane but a strict disciplinarian. Paper number: 6354/B/1837. Poor Law Union Number 333. Counties: Northumberland.
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