 | Great Britain. Parliament - 1816 - 710 pages
...and visible manner, wear a large roman P, together with the first letter of the. name of the parish or place whereof such poor person is an inhabitant, cut either in red or blue cloth, as by the churchwardens and overseers shall be directed: and if any such poor person shall neglect... | |
 | Great Britain - 1836 - 592 pages
...expressed ; ' that is to say, a large roinan P, together with the first letter of the nnnic ' of the parisn or place whereof such poor person is an inhabitant, cut ' either in red or blue cloth, as by the churchwardens and overseers of tlie ' poor it shall be directed and appointed ; and... | |
 | John Tidd Pratt - 1843 - 672 pages
...expressed; that is to say, a large Roman P. together with the first letter of the name of the parish or place whereof such poor person is an inhabitant, cut either in red or blue cloth, as by the churchwardens and overseers of the poor it shall be directed and appointed ; and if... | |
 | 1861 - 430 pages
...mentioned; that is to say, a large Roman P., together with the first letter of the name of the Parish or Place whereof such poor person is an inhabitant, cut either in red or blue cloth, as by the Churchwardens and Overseers of the Poor it shall be appointed." There is an entry... | |
 | Edward Augustus Freeman - 1882 - 564 pages
...receiving public support. Every recipient of relief was obliged to wear a badge "with a large Itoman (P) together with the first Letter of the name of...customary in England, in addition to the ordinary pnnishmont. to mark criminals with the initial letter of the crime for which they had been convicted.... | |
 | John Martin Vincent - 1883 - 502 pages
...receiving public support. Every recipient of relief was obliged to wear a badge "with a large Roman (P) together with the first Letter of the name of...Pennsylvania. A part of the sentence against Long Finne, for his rebellions acts, was tlmt he should be " branded on the face with the letter R." Hazard,... | |
 | 1883 - 504 pages
...receiving public support. Every recipient of relief was obliged to wear a badge " with a large Roman (P) together with the first Letter of the name of...person is an inhabitant, cut either in red or blue cloth." * 1 It was customary in England, in addition to the ordinary punishment, to mark criminals... | |
 | Pennsylvania, James Tyndale Mitchell, Henry Flanders - 1896 - 620 pages
...manner, wear such badge or mark as is hereinafter mentioned and expressed: (That is to say) a large Roman P, together with the first letter of the name of the...person is an inhabitant, cut either in red or blue cloth, as by the overseers of the poor it shall be directed and appointed. aforesaid, it shall and... | |
 | John Woolf Jordan - 1914 - 474 pages
...wear such a Badge or Mark as hereinafter mentioned and expressed, That is to say, a large Roman letter (P) together with the first Letter of the Name of the County, City, or Place whereof such Person is an Inhabitant, cut either in red or blue Cloth, as the Overseers of the Poor, it shall be... | |
 | Sir William Searle Holdsworth - 1924 - 758 pages
...mentioned . . . that is to say a large Roman P, together with the first letter of the name of the parish or place whereof such poor person is an inhabitant cut either in red or blue cloth as by the churchwardens and overseers of the poor it shall be directed." modification of the... | |
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... upon the shoulder of the right sleeve of the uppermost garment of every such person, in an open and visible manner, wear such badge or mark as is hereinafter mentioned and expressed; that is to say, a large Roman P. together with the first letter... 
