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Recommends the disallowance of an Act for the regulation of prisons passed by the...

Catalogue reference: CO 137/200/8

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CO 137/200/8
Date
1835 July 7
Description

Recommends the disallowance of an Act for the regulation of prisons passed by the Legislature in July 1834, and states his reasons. Related enclosures include a letter from William Knibb referring to the illegal flogging of women in the Falmouth House of Correction.

No. 47, folios 82-91.

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
1470/1835
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Language
English
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C13432607/

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