January 1799.

frequently very frequently obliged from motiv [..] of
prudence to suppress their feelings but when any
Circumstance occurs that the Law does not
oblige us to Conceal it would be highly criminal
to be silent. A Case has just fallen under our
observation in which so much unnecessary cruelty
seems to be involved that we should feel a
Considerable share of remorce did we not
endeavor to prevent a similar occurrence, you
Sir will recollect attending a Jury to enquire
the cause of the Death of a Man at the House of
Correction for the County of Middlesex on
Saturday Decr.. 15th. - the Gentlemen of that
Jury are as Great Strangers to us as you Sir are
Consequently we cannot be influenced by any
personal motives but having heard of some of
the Verdicts delivered upon Persons dying in
this place and knowing some Circumstances
relative to the Death of this Man, we think
that if the Jury had pursued their Inquiry as
the Inquires of all Juries ought to be pursued
the Verdict in this Case would not have been -
Died by the Visitation of God, - We do not - intend
to arraign the Wisdom of the Legislature on
Account of the Severities it has provided for the
Persons occasionally sent to this place and We
have Witnessed the sufferings of its Victims
without ensuring the hand that's inflecting
them but this Man was not a Felon he had not
broken the Laws of his Country; when our