An Act to amend the Law relative to the Removal of Prisoners in Custody.
WHEREAS by the several Acts of Parliament made and passed for regulating Gaols and Houses of Correction in England, Wales, and Ireland, and for the better ordering of Prisoners, Provision is made for the Custody and Treatment of Debtors as One of the Classes of Prisoners to be confined therein: And whereas in some Counties Prisoners for Debt and for Contempt of Court are confined in separate Prisons not being Gaols within the Meaning of the said Acts for regulating Gaols and Houses of Correct...