A Letter on the Nature and Effects of the Tread-Wheel

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Excerpt from A Letter on the Nature and Effects of the Tread-Wheel: As an Instrument of Prison Labour and Punishment, Addressed by the Right Hon. Robert Peel, M. P., His Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, &C., &C., With an Appendix of Notes and CasesComplicated evils of this new and formidable engine of terror, the Tread-wheel. He is aware that by omitting some remarks, and modifying others, he might have less exposed himself to censure and opposition: but he took up his pen to record the honest senti ments of his heart, and the deliberate con viction of his mind. He loves his country, and the judicature of his country - that justice and impartiality with which its laws have been administered to every class of society, to the poor and friendless, equally with the rich and powerful: and he nowcomes forward to appeal against a departure from wholesome and established usages and to deprecate a system which has an essential.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.