Speech on Transportation: Delivered in the House of Commons on the 5th May, 1840H. Hooper, 1840 - 76 páginas |
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Página 16 - They are locked up from sunset to sunrise in the caravans or boxes used for this description of persons, which hold from 20 to 28 men, but in which the whole number can neither stand upright nor sit down at the same time (except with their legs at right angles to their bodies...
Página 16 - Sir Francis Forbes likewise mentioned the case of several men at Norfolk Island cutting the heads of their fellow prisoners with a hoe while at work, with a certainty of being detected, and with a certainty of being executed ; and, according to him, they acted in this manner apparently without malice, and with very slight excitement, stating they knew they should be hanged, but it was better than being where they were.
Página 7 - Dec. 1786, the eastern coast of Australia and the adjacent islands were fixed upon. In the month of May 1787, the first band of convicts departed, which, in the succeeding year, founded the colony of New South Wales.
Página 18 - Island, and where culprits are as reckless, if not more reckless, committing murder (to use the words of Sir George Arthur) 'in order to enjoy the excitement of being sent up to Hobart Town for trial, though aware that in the ordinary course they must be executed within a fortnight after arrival'.
Página 17 - I said a few words to induce them to resignation, and I then stated the names of those who were to die ; and it is a remarkable fact that as I mentioned the names of those men who were to die, they one after another, as their names were pronounced, dropped on their knees, and thanked God that they were to be delivered from that horrible place, whilst the others remained standing mute. It was the most horrible scene I ever witnessed. Those who were condemned to death appeared to be rejoiced.
Página 17 - Norfolk Island. And Sir George Arthur assured Your Committee that similar cases had recently occurred at Port Arthur. Sir Francis Forbes was then asked, "What good do you think is produced by the infliction of so horrible a punishment in Norfolk Island ; and upon whom do you think it produces good?" His answer was, "That he thought that it did not produce any good;" and that, "If it were to be put to himself, he should not hesitate to prefer death, under any form that it could be presented to him,...
Página 23 - Arthur frequently appeared to be reformed, but when they got to the settled districts, and had temptations placed before them, in a great many cases they relapsed. This result is in accordance with all experience in penal legislation. A system of punishment which relies for its efficacy solely upon the infliction of pain, without attempting to encourage and strengthen the moral feelings of a culprit, only hardens and brutalizes him, renders him mentally incapable of looking beyond the present moment,...
Página 21 - ... might be assigned to his wife, and a boy who had stolen sixpence be flogged to death by some up-country monster! It was this uncertainty that was so bad — this was the feature that seemed so odious to the Commons Committee on Transportation in 1838. They spoke of 'the lottery of punishment...
Página 9 - ... mortality amongst the prisoners, which prevailed to a fearful extent during the earlier periods of transportation. Little diminution, however, has taken place in those moral evils, which seem to be the necessary consequences of the close contact and communication between so many criminals, both during the period of confinement previous to embarkation, and during the weariness of a long voyage. As soon as a convict vessel reaches its place of destination, a report is made by the surgeon-superintendent...
Página 8 - The consequences of this strange assemblage were vice, immorality, frightful disease, hunger, dreadful mortality, among the settlers ; the convicts were decimated by pestilence on the voyage, and again decimated by famine on their arrival ; and the most hideous cruelty was practised towards the unfortunate natives.