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Auction: 5011 - Stamps & Covers of the World
Lot: 681

Crime and Punishment Prisons London White Cross Street: 834 entire letter from the Rev. J. Nisbett (he is a debtor prisoner – not the chaplain!) to his solicitor, showing fine framed ´T.P/White + Sr.´ and h.s. ´2´; 1835 entire letter relating to another debtor prisoner, the interior being a printed court petition ´Pursuant to the Act for the Relief of Insolvent Debtors in England.´; 1853 document containing a detailed account of costs incurred in a writ of Habeas Corpus to ´remove Mr. W.J. Rummell from the Whitecross Street Prison to the Queens Prison´; some folds or creases though still fine Estimate £ 250-300

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