The petitioner concluded with praying for a warrant to apprehend and incarcerate the said persons until they should repeat the sum of which he had been so defrauded, and pay a sum over and above in name of damages and expenses.
I agree with my friend, that the law should not incarcerate men, women and children in dungeons!
I protested against being put into his hands without some protection, knowing, as I did, that he intended to incarcerateme for life in Northampton Asylum, if he ever removed me from this.
The Statute expressly states that the judgment of the medical Superintendent, to whom the husband's request is made, is all that is required for him to incarcerate his wife for any indefinite period of time.
