The Law and the Poor

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INTRODUCTION
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xi		11		Hansard. 1875. Vol. 225, col. 1823.
xiii		7		Coke’s “Institutes.” I. “To the Reader.”
CHAPTER I
1		3		Job xiii. 5.
4		20		“The Compleat Constable. Directing all Constables, Headboroughs, Tithing men, Churchwardens, Overseers of the Poor, Surveyors of the Highways and Scavengers in the Duty of their several Offices, according to the Power allowed them by the Laws and the Statutes.” 3rd edition. London. Printed for Tho. Bever at the Hand and Star, near Temple Bar. 1708.
8		16		“Shakespeare’s Europe. Unpublished chapters of Fynes Moryson’s Itinerary, being a survey of the condition of Europe at the end of the sixteenth century. 1903.” At p. 67.
9		24		Smollett. “Roderick Random.” Chap. XXIII.
12		6		The Trial of Richard Weston at the Guildhall of London for the Murder of Sir Thomas Overbury, 19th October, 13 James 1st, A.D. 1615. Howell’s “State Trials,” II., 914.
13		21		Boswell’s “Life of Johnson.” Edited by Birkbeck Hill. II. 130.
14		29		Boswell’s “Life of Johnson.” IV. 188.
17		8		Manchester Guardian, Saturday, January 24th, 1824.
CHAPTER II
22		6		2 Kings iv. 1—7.
28		6		Grote’s “History of Greece.” Part II., c. 11.
32		20		Hunter’s “Roman Law.” 3rd edition. P. 18.
34		7		Fynes Moryson. “Shakespeare’s Europe.”
CHAPTER III
				Imprisonment for Debt.—The main authorities for the history of imprisonment for debt are the reports of the three commissions.
				1840. Report of Commission on the Present State of the Laws respecting Bankrupts and Insolvent Debtors.
				1893. Report from the Select Committee on the Debtors Act with Minutes of Evidence.
				1909. Report on Select Committee on Debtors (Imprisonment) with Minutes of Evidence.
				The Hansard Reports of the debates over the Bills of 1837, 1844, and 1869, contain many clear statements of the argument for, and against, abolition.
37		17		“The Law of Executions, to which are added the History and Practice of the Court of King’s Bench.” By the late Lord Chief Baron Gilbert.
42		7		Smollett. “Roderick Random.” Chap. LXI.
43		1		For the story of the Clerkenwell Spinster and the Debtor, see Sir Walter Besant’s “London in the Eighteenth Century,” Chap. V., “Debtors’ Prisons,” at p. 562. This volume contains excellent accounts of the law and the poor in the eighteenth century.
45		8		December 5th, 1837. Lord Cottenham introduced Bill to abolish arrest on mesne process. 1 & 2 Vict. c. 110.
45		30		Thackeray. “The Virginians.” Vol. I. Chap. XLV.
46		18		Duke de Cadaval’s case. Hansard. 1837. Vol. 39, p. 593.
48		2		J. B. Atlay. “The Victorian Chancellors.” I., 406.
48		18		Lord Brougham’s speech. Hansard. 1837. Vol. 39, p. 574.
49		15		Lord Brougham’s speech. Hansard. 1844. Vol. 75, p. 1174.
51		6		See Judgment of Sir George Jessel, M.R., in Marris v. Ingram, (1879) Law Reports, 13 Chancery Division, p. 341.
55		6		Sir Robert Collier’s speech. Hansard. 1869. Vol. 197, p. 421.
CHAPTER IV
65		5		“Debtors’ Imprisonment Report, 1909.” Appendix 19, at p. 371.
70		26		Basil Montagu. “Opinions of Paley Burke and Dr. Johnson on Imprisonment for Debt.”
75		5		Jeremy Taylor. “A Prayer to be said by all Debtors, and all Persons obliged whether by Crime or Contract.” “Holy Living and Dying.”
CHAPTER V
				There are many books on the Workmen’s Compensation Act. That by Mr. Adshead Elliott is as clear and comprehensive as any. The Hansard Debates on the Bills of 1897 and 1906 are full of interest.
81		12		John Chipman Gray. “Nature and Services of Law.” Sections 222-224.
83		13		The Attorney-General v. The Edison Telephone Co. of London, Ltd., (1880) Law Reports, 6 Queen’s Bench Division, p. 244.
86		5		Gilbert E. Roe. “Our Judicial Oligarchy.”
87		17		Mr. Asquith’s speech on Employers’ Liability Bill. Hansard. 1893. Vol. 8, p. 1948.
92		24		See the judgments of Lord Halsbury and Lord Davey, in Lysons v. Andrew Knowles, (1901) Law Reports, Appeal Cases, p. 79.
CHAPTER VI
108		28		Jeremiah xxii. 13.
109		16		See “The Living Wage,” by Philip Snowden, M.P., for a sensible, practical statement of the Socialist ideal.
109		18		Psalms xxxv. 10.
110		11		Carlyle. “Chartism.” Chap. I.
119		30		Hansard. 1883. Vol. 277, p. 834.
CHAPTER VII
				The chief authority for this chapter is “The Report of the Royal Commission on Divorce and Matrimonial Causes,” published in 1912, cited below as D. C.
125		13		Notes on the Reformatio Legum Ecclesiasticarum. D. C., III., pp. 44-58. Appendix II., p. 23.
129		24		J. B. Atlay. “The Victorian Chancellors.” II., 71.
133		24		Jane and Fred’s Case. D. C., II., 390.
134		14		George and Mary’s Case. D. C., II., 390.
136		4		Note by Mrs. Tennant. D. C. Report, 169.
137		28		Mr. Justice Bargrave Deane’s evidence. D. C., I., 49.
138		16		Alfred and Anna’s Case. D. C., II., 390.
139		9		John and Catherine’s Case. D. C., II., 391.
140		25		Norah’s Case. D. C., II., 391.
143		17		Divorce in France. M. Mesnil’s evidence. D. C., III., 485.
146		18		Mr. Dendy’s evidence. D. C., I., 133.
147		29		German Divorce. Dr. Carl Neuhaus’s evidence. D. C., III., 472.
147		31		Scot’s Divorce. Mr. Lamier’s evidence. D. C., I., 277.
150		9		Selden’s “Table Talk.” LXXXIV.
150		30		D. C. Report, Part IX., par. 50.
CHAPTER VIII
153		18		Carlyle. “Latter Day Pamphlets.” “Parliament.”
164		28		Dickens. “Oliver Twist.” Chap. LI.
169		8		Arthur Hugh Clough. “The Latest Decalogue.”
CHAPTER IX
174		6		George Eliot. “The Mill on the Floss.” Book II., Chap. II.
175		11		Lysons v. Andrew Knowles, (1901) Law Reports, Appeal Cases, p. 79.
178		15		Tomkin’s “Law Dictionary,” sub tit., “Barraster.”
180		19		See Lord Sumner’s judgment in Dallimore v. Williams and Jesson, Times Newspaper, Saturday, March 28th, 1914.
182		1		Swift. “Gulliver’s Travels.” “A Voyage to the Houyhnhnms.”
183		3		Crabbe. “The Borough.” Letter VI.
187		24		As to French Conciliation Courts, see Poincaré, “How France is Governed,” Chap. X., “Justice.”
188		18		Piers Plowman. “The Vision of the Field full of Folk.”
CHAPTER X
190		4		Sydney Smith. “Counsel for Prisoners.” Edinburgh Review, 1826.
192		23		Bentham. “A Treatise on Judicial Evidence.” 1825. Book I., Chap. II., p. 7.
193		19		Thackeray. “The Case of Peytel.” “Paris Sketch Book.”
194		2		Dickens. “Why?” “Miscellaneous Papers.” II., 101.
195		22		Hansard. 1898. Vol. 54, p. 1176.
196		4		Hansard. 1898. Vol. 56, p. 990.
196		11		See division list on second reading. Hansard. 1898. Vol. 56, p. 1087.
198		7		Hansard. 1907. Vol. 174, p. 282.
198		10		Hansard. 1907. Vol. 174, p. 292.
199		5		Boswell’s “Life of Johnson.” Birkbeck Hill’s edition. III., 25.
200		6		Fuller’s “Church History.”
201		30		Howell’s “State Trials.” II., 927.
CHAPTER XI
215		4		“Speech of Viscount Haldane to the American Bar Association at Montreal on September 1st, 1913.” Published in “The Conduct of Life and Other Addresses, 1914,” p. 97.
227		22		Sydney Smith. “Cruel Treatment of Untried Prisoners.” Edinburgh Review, 1824.
CHAPTER XII
				As to Housing, see “Report of Her Majesty’s Commissioners for Inquiring into the Housing of the Working Classes, 1885,” and “Report of the Joint Select Committee of the House of Lords and the House of Commons, 1902.”
235		9		R. v. Foxby, 6 Modern Reports, pp. 11, 178, 213, 239 and 311.
238		4		Dickens. “Bleak House.” Chap. XVI.
238		32		Charles Kingsley. “Alton Locke.” Chap. II.
240		1		Benjamin Disraeli. “Sybil.” Book II., Chap. III.
244		10		“History of Housing Reform.” Published by the National Unionist Association. 1913.
246		1		“The Land. The Report of the Land Enquiry Committee.” Vol. II., p. 28.
250		2		Carlyle. “Chartism.” Chap. VIII. “New Eras.”
254		21		“The Republic of Plato.” Book IV. Translated by Davies and Vaughan.
CHAPTER XIII
255		26		Mr. Balfour’s speech on licensing. Hansard. 1908. Vol. 185, p. 98.
256		4		Licensing Act, 1904, § 4, now Licensing Act, 1910, § 14.
256		16		Hansard. 1904. Vol. 133, p. 742.
258		21		Dickens. “Our Mutual Friend.” Book I., Chap. VI.
265		19		“Letters and Memories of Charles Kingsley.” I., 270.
XIV
272		15		“Report of the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws and Relief of Distress, 1909.”
274		24		Coke’s “Institutes.” III., Chap. 40, p. 103 (note).
275		16		Horn’s “Mirror of Justices.” Selden Society. Vol. 7, Book IV., Chap. XVI., “Of the Judgment of Homicide.”
276		2		Horn’s “Mirror of Justices.” Book I., “Of Sins Against the Holy Peace.”
279		11		“Report of Royal Commission on the Poor Laws, 1834,” p. 307.
280		17		“Poor Law Report, 1909,” p. 728.
CHAPTER XV
285		1		2 Samuel xv. 4.
290		12		Walt Whitman. “Song of Myself.”
292		14		“Report of Select Committee of the House of Lords on the Debtors Act.” William Johnson’s evidence, p. 164.
294		12		Manitoba Laws.
CHAPTER XVI
299		2		Marcus Aurelius. “Meditations.” Book IV., par. 31.
303		3		Rudyard Kipling. “The Five Nations.” “Stellenbosh,” p. 194.