“Among other complaints made to me by prisoners, J. C. came forward and stated that he was placed in the Ecclesiastical Court, and sentenced to pay a fine of one shilling and fourteen shillings costs; that he had been in prison ten weeks, and had no means of paying, and hoped that a representation might be made of his case, or he must remain a prisoner for ever. Upon referring to this man’s commitment, I find that he was summarily convicted before two magistrates, that on the _______ June, being the Lord’s Day, called Sunday, in the township of _______, did neglect to attend a church, or at some other place of religious worship, on the said day, he not having any reasonable excuse to be absent, and adjudged to forfeit and pay one shilling together with fourteen shillings costs, and in default to be kept in prison until the said sums shall be paid. It appeared that the following number of persons had been committed for a similar offence, and been discharged upon payment of the fine and costs: ┌───────┬─────────────┬────────┬───────────┬────────────┐ │ Name. │When received│ Fine. │ Costs. │ Period of │ │ │ in Prison. │ │ │Confinement.│ ├───────┼─────────────┼────────┼───────────┼────────────┤ │ │ 1839. │ s. d. │ £ s. d. │ │ │ J. B. │ February 12 │ 1 0 │ 0 10 6 │ 63 days │ │ J. S. │ February 12 │ 1 0 │ 0 10 6 │ 61 ” │ │ W. W. │ April 15 │ 1 0 │ 0 19 0 │ 16 ” │ │ J. S. │ April 22 │ 1 0 │ 0 13 0 │ 12 ” │ │ G. B. │ August 5 │ 1 0 │ 1 4 0 │ 17 ” │ │ J. K. │ August 6 │ 1 0 │ 0 11 0 │ 2 ” │ │ A. G. │ November 4 │ 1 0 │ 0 17 6 │ 16 ” │ │ B. K. │ November 6 │ 1 0 │ 1 7 0 │ 26 ” │ │ P. F. │ December 13 │ 1 0 │ 0 12 6 │ 3 ” │ │ T. R. │ December 23 │ 1 0 │ 0 16 0 │ 27 ” │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 1840. │ │ │ │ │ T. S. │ May 10 │ 1 0 │ 0 12 0 │ 3 ” │ └───────┴─────────────┴────────┴───────────┴────────────┘ The poverty of the prisoner J. C. appearing to be such as to leave no hope of his being able to pay the fine and costs, I decided on making a representation of his case to the Secretary of State, who was pleased to recommend him forthwith as a fitting object for her Majesty’s pardon, and he was discharged in consequence.