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Author: E. S., Gentleman in prison.
Title: A companion for debtors and prisoners, and advice to creditors in ten letters from a gentleman in prison, to a member of Parliament : wherein, first, the villianies [sic] and insolencies of bayliffs, secondly, the evil practices of jaylers and pretended solicitors, and thirdly, the irregularities of prisons in general, are briefly detected and exposed : together with a particular description of Newgate, the Marshallsea, the two compters, Ludgate, the Fleet, and Kings Bench, with reflections upon prisons in general, and proposals for regulating the whole.
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Print source: A companion for debtors and prisoners, and advice to creditors in ten letters from a gentleman in prison, to a member of Parliament : wherein, first, the villianies [sic] and insolencies of bayliffs, secondly, the evil practices of jaylers and pretended solicitors, and thirdly, the irregularities of prisons in general, are briefly detected and exposed : together with a particular description of Newgate, the Marshallsea, the two compters, Ludgate, the Fleet, and Kings Bench, with reflections upon prisons in general, and proposals for regulating the whole.
E. S., Gentleman in prison.
London: Printed and sold by A. Baldwin ..., 1699.
Subject terms:
Prisons -- England -- Early works to 1800.
URL: https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A34140.0001.001
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TO THE Right Honourable Sir Francis Child, LORD MAYOR OF THE CITY of LONDON.
THE EPISTLE TO THE READER.
LETTER I. OR, THE INTRODUCTION.
LETTER II. In which is an Account of the base Pro∣ceedings of Baylifs in General, and the Villanous tricks and Stratagems they use to extort Money both from the Debtor and Creditor.
LETTER III. Wherein the Practices of the Bayliffs belonging to the Sheriff of Middlesex, are particularly exposed and detected; together with a short Description of Newgate, &c.
The Description of Newgate, together with their manner of Government, &c. as it relates to Debtors.
LETTER IV. Being the Continuation of the Description of Newgate.
LETTER V. Wherein the Practices and Proceedings of the Bailiffs belonging to the Marshals Court are exposed, together with some short Reflections upon their Constitution and Government, with a Description of their Prison.
LETTER VI. In which is a Relation of the Behaviour and Practices of the Serjeants and Yeomen belonging to the Two Compters, together with the Respective Practice of these Courts; and also a short Account of the Prisons ap∣pertaining to the City of London.
LETTER VII. Wherein the Evil Practices of Pretended Solicitors are expos'd, and their Knavish Tricks and Artifices detected, which they make Ʋse of to deceive Poor Prisoners and others, both out of their Money and Liberty.
LETTER VIII. Which gives a general Account of the Fleet, and Kings-Bench, and briefly shews Men their Mistake in Purchasing a Pre∣tended Liberty or Freedom from either of them, and withal discovers the cer∣tain Danger and Charge that depends upon it.
LETTER IX. Which contains a Short Reflection up∣on all the Rest, and also shews, that the Irregularities and Evil Practices of Coun∣trey Jayls, are in all Cases equal, and in some worse than those at London.
LETTER X. In which some short Methods are pro∣pos'd for putting those Affairs into a bet∣ter Posture: And then the whole is Hum∣bly Submitted to better Judgment and Ex∣amination.
THE CONTENTS.