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Inside Melbourne Gaol Inside Melbourne Gaol
Public Record Office Victoria
Public Record Office Victoria (State Archives of Victoria, Australia)
North Melbourne, Australia
Giving a statement of the number of prisoners confined in the Melbourne Gaol
Giving a statement of the number of prisoners confined in the Melbourne Gaol
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- Title: Inside Melbourne Gaol Inside Melbourne Gaol
- Creator: Public Record Office Victoria, Public Record Office Victoria
- Date Created: 1842-04-25
- Provenance: VPRS 19 Unit 29 1842/779, VPRS 19 Unit 29 1842/779
- Transcript:Melbourne Police Office 25 April 1842. Sir, It is my duty, as residing Magistrate to report to Your Honor, that the Gaol is inconveniently full, and likely to become still more crowded. I have therefore the honor to request you will take into your earliest consideration the best means of disposing of the numerous prisoners necessarily committed. I have the honor to be Sir Your Obedient Servant (Frederick) (Berkley) St John P. M.Hide TranscriptShow Transcript
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