Oldal 147 [147]
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there.” Whittington left money for
the improvement of the prison, say¬
ing in his will “that every person is
sovereignly bound to support and be
tender of the lives of men.” Newgate
continued to exist as a prison till it
was burnt by the Gordon rioters in
1780. Meanwhile the present prison
had been begun a little to the south¬
ward, and was finished in 1783. The
Surgeons’ Hall, which stood in the
Old Bailey, was now removed, and
the present Sessions House, in part,
erected on the site. Down to 1625
and later Newgate prison was in a
wretched state, the humane exertions
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of Howard and of Mrs. Fry having for
a long time failed to make much im¬
pression. The convicts were crowded
like sheep ina pen. The keeper of the
prison had to assist them at his own
expense. As late as 1815 a visitor
states that the women especially were
but half clothed. A Sunday always
elapsed between “Trial Friday” and
‘Execution Monday,’ and there are
several views extant of the appearance
of the interior of the chapel, with the
condemned ina pew in the centre and