They are taken away at 4 stated Times
in the Year- They remain from 2 to 3
Months.
Don't it frequently happen that by Accident
Transports remain 2 Session untill Prisoners
come in from other Gaols for Tryal at the
3d. Session ?
Very often.
Whether Middlesex
prisoners for Debt don't
remain the Year reend ?
Yes
What's the proportion between Middlesex
Debtors
& London Debtors ?
I believe it will amount from 15 & 20 to
one.
What's the Overage the Year thought upon
the whole prisoners ?
Middlesex
3 & 4 to one of London.
Don't the City make the keeper a Compensation
in Law of Fees & what ?
City allows £200 Salary.
Do you remember Putting up the Ventilator ?
Yes- I believe in 1753.
What happened to the Workmen who put it up ?
[..] rsay is
no Evidence
I remember a Talk of some being taken very
ill & dying-they found foul Air- My Servts.
& Neighbours have given me the same Account
ever since from Time to time.
[produced Accot. of Original Commitments]
My Ckerk & I took it from the Calendars.
John Newman< no role >
Clerk
to Mr. Akerman-I took it from
printed Calendars from Octr. 1753 to the present
Month.
Whether the Acct. delivered in is of prisoners
of all Sorts ?Yes.
By what Rule do you divide them as for
County of Middlesex
& city of London
?
when Habeas Corpus is dircted to the
Sheriff of London they are placed to London
side & when to the Sheriff of Middlesex
to
the Middlesex
side
Are prisoners from all parts of the Kingdom
included in that AccountYes
Have