CHAPTER VII.--A PETITION FOR RELEASE--Denied by the Secretary of State--Report of My Misconduct Refuted--Need of a Court of Criminal Appeal--Historic Examples of British Injustice--The Case of Adolf Beck, 145 CHAPTER VIII.--RELIGION IN PRISON LIFE--Dedication of New Chapel--Influence of Religion upon Prisoners--Suicide of a Prisoner--Tragedies in Prison--Moral Effect of Harsh Prison Régime--Attacks of Levity--Self-discipline--Need of Women Doctors and Inspectors--Chastening Effect of Imprisonment on the Spirit--A Death-Bed Incident, 167 CHAPTER IX.--MY LAST YEARS IN PRISON--I Am Set to Work in the Library--Newspapers Forbidden--How Prisoners Learn of Great Events--Strict Discipline of Prison Officers--Their High Character--Nervous Strain of Their Duties--Standing Orders for Warders--Crime a Mental Disease--Something Good in the Worst Criminal--Need of Further Prison Reform, 194 CHAPTER X.--MY RELEASE--I Learn the Time When My Sentence Will Terminate--The Dawn of Liberty--The Release--In Retreat at Truro--I Come to America--My Lost Years, 211 PART TWO ANALYSIS OF THE MAYBRICK CASE INTRODUCTION.--Petitions for a Reprieve--Illogical Position of Home Secretary--New Evidence of My Innocence Ignored--Lord Russell’s Letter--Efforts for Release--Even New Evidence Superfluous--The Doctors’ Doubt--Public Surprise at Verdict-- Character of Jury--The “Mad Judge”--Justice Stephen’s Biased Charge--Lord Russell’s Memorandum Quashed--Repeated Protests of Lord Russell--The American Official Petition--Secretary Blaine’s Letter to Minister Lincoln--Henry W. Lucy on Lord Russell--Lord Russell’s Conviction of Mrs. Maybrick’s Innocence--Explanation of Attitude of Home Secretaries-- Upholding the Justiciary--Need of Court of Criminal Appeal, 225