This ebook was transcribed by Les Bowler [Picture: Volume Cover] * * * * * [Picture: Crowd scene—Horse-drawn Prison Van] EIGHTEEN MONTHS’ IMPRISONMENT (WITH A REMISSION) * * * * * BY D— S— LATE CAPTAIN — REGT. * * * * * _ILLUSTRATED BY WALLIS MACKAY_ * * * * * LONDON GEORGE ROUTLEDGE AND SONS BROADWAY, LUDGATE HILL NEW YORK: 9 LAFAYETTE PLACE 1883 * * * * * LONDON BRADBURY, AGNEW, & CO., PRINTERS, WHITEFRIARS. * * * * * CONTENTS CHAPTER I PAGE MY ARREST 1 CHAPTER II THE HOUSE OF DETENTION 12 CHAPTER III “SETTLING DOWN” 20 CHAPTER IV “PRISON FARE” 31 CHAPTER V GEORGINA 41 CHAPTER VI BOW STREET 48 CHAPTER VII NEWGATE 54 CHAPTER VIII THE SCAFFOLD 67 CHAPTER IX A PRIVATE EXECUTION 75 CHAPTER X “NEWGATE ETIQUETTE” 88 CHAPTER XI THE TITLED CONVICT 98 CHAPTER XII THE CENTRAL CRIMINAL COURT 113 CHAPTER XIII “CORPULENCY” 122 CHAPTER XIV COLDBATH FIELDS 138 CHAPTER XV “OAKUM” LET US SING 159 CHAPTER XVI THE VISITING JUSTICES 191 CHAPTER XVII PRISON TRADES 203 CHAPTER XVIII THE OUTER WORLD 218 CHAPTER XIX THE CONVALESCENT WARD 228 CHAPTER XX CRIMINAL LUNATICS 248 CHAPTER XXI PRISON CELEBRITIES 256 CHAPTER XXII THE TREAD-WHEEL 270 CHAPTER XXIII GARDENING 282 CHAPTER XXIV THE CHURCH MILITANT IN PRISON 293 CHAPTER XXV THE HOSPITAL DEAD-HOUSE 310 CHAPTER XXVI BURGLARS “I HAVE MET” 335 CHAPTER XXVII “JUSTICE TEMPERED WITH MERCY” 351