... father should pay Chapman's husband el5. This was done, but in a day or two the man decamped, and the child was taken to the workhouse, where it died. The Poor-law Board thought the eas« should be investigated and Mr Corder states that the practice of disposing ...

... having arisen as to what should be dpne with the prisoner's children, Mr W. Jeffreys,\naster of the Haverfordwest Union Workhouse, stated that he was authorised in cases of extreme necessity to take pau- pers into the Union, and that he was willing to ...

... have during the period I have mentioned re- fused in the morning to break the stones, and of course the master of the Union Workhouse has recourse to the aid of the police force, and then the offenders are brought up before the Mayor. Some of them tear up ...