Excerpt from Digest of the Laws Relating to the Philadelphia County Prison: With the Rules and Regulations Made by the Board for the Government of the Board and the Prison Sect. 31. The said keepers of any of the gaols and houses of correction, within this commonwealth, their deputies and assistants, in case any of the said offenders shall escape from confinement without the knowledge or consent of the said keep ers, deputies or assistants, shall forfeit and pay the sum of ten Penalty for pounds, to be recovered and applied in manner aforesaid: gig? Prism Provided, That nothing in this act contained shall be deemed or taken to extend to escapes voluntarily suffered by any such keepers of the said gaols or work houses. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.