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question of liberating any prisoner until he had served at least two thirds of his time; and that his..._._._ liberation then would really depend upon himself, - as steady good condust in prison would be the only

of getting rid of any portion

means

of the last third of the lawful, sentence.

Some persons thought

4.

that this new rule, or rather the...

return to the only

rule

as to the

remission of sentences which had

been authorized by the Secretary of _

state, would cause an

the prison.

overcrowding of

Five months

experience

of it however has not led to that

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5.

See

Despatch no 126 of

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Another fact in

connection with the number of

prisoners now in

Gaol

sue covernor's Magistrates, acting upon 1284. Aptember 1874% of the 15th of September

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is that the

a minute

of September in which I

asked them to consider a better mode

of dealing with old offenders than a system of repeated short sentences, have been committing for trial all

of second or subsequent felonies.

cases

In

consequence of this Your Lordship

will see in the enclosed returns that

seven

twenty

prisoners out of are now awaiting

awaiting trial.

Of

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course

the 387

if a criminal

who has committed a second or third

result.

felony gets a proper

sentence instead.

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