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The Law and the Poor

The Law and the Poor

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THE LAW AND
THE POOR

 

BY

HIS HONOUR JUDGE

EDWARD ABBOTT PARRY

AUTHOR OF “DOROTHY OSBORNE’S LETTERS,” “JUDGMENTS IN VACATION,”
“WHAT THE JUDGE SAW,” “THE SCARLET HERRING,”
“KATAWAMPUS,” ETC.

 

“Laws grind the poor and rich men rule the law.”
Oliver Goldsmith: “The Traveller.”

 

LONDON
SMITH, ELDER & CO., 15, WATERLOO PLACE
1914

 

 

To
The Man
In the Street
This Volume is
Dedicated,
In the pious hope that
He will take up his Job and
Do it.

 

 


CONTENTS

CHAP.   PAGE
  INTRODUCTION ix
  REFERENCES xv
I. PAST AND PRESENT 1
II. THE ANCIENTS AND THE DEBTOR 20
III. OF IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT IN ENGLAND 36
IV. HOW THE MACHINE WORKS 58
V. WORKMEN’S COMPENSATION 76
VI. BANKRUPTCY 106
VII. DIVORCE 125
VIII. FLAT-TRAPS AND THEIR VICTIMS 152
IX. POVERTY AND PROCEDURE 172
X. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT 189
XI. THE POLICE COURT 213
XII. LANDLORD AND TENANT 233
XIII. THE TWO PUBLIC HOUSES: I. THE ALEHOUSE 252
XIV. THE TWO PUBLIC HOUSES: II. THE WORKHOUSE 271
XV. REMEDIES OF TO-DAY 285
XVI. REMEDIES OF TO-MORROW 299

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