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  THE LAW AND THE POOR


  BY HIS HONOUR JUDGE
  EDWARD ABBOTT PARRY

  AUTHOR OF "DOROTHY OSBORNE'S LETTERS," "JUDGMENTS
  IN VACATION," "WHAT THE JUDGE SAW," "THE SCARLET
  HERRING," "KATAWAMPUS," ETC.


  "Laws grind the poor and rich men rule the law."
  OLIVER GOLDSMITH: "The Traveller."


  LONDON
  SMITH, ELDER & CO., 15, WATERLOO PLACE
  1914




  TO THE MAN IN THE STREET
  THIS VOLUME IS DEDICATED,
  IN THE PIOUS HOPE THAT
  HE WILL TAKE UP HIS JOB
  AND DO IT.




CONTENTS


  CHAP.                                               PAGE

  INTRODUCTION                                          ix

  REFERENCES                                            xv

     I. PAST AND PRESENT                                 1

    II. THE ANCIENTS AND THE DEBTOR                     20

   III. OF IMPRISONMENT FOR DEBT IN ENGLAND             36

    IV. HOW THE MACHINE WORKS                           58

     V. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION                          76

    VI. BANKRUPTCY                                     106

   VII. DIVORCE                                        125

  VIII. FLAT-TRAPS AND THEIR VICTIMS                   152

    IX. POVERTY AND PROCEDURE                          172

     X. CRIME AND PUNISHMENT                           189

    XI. THE POLICE COURT                               213

   XII. LANDLORD AND TEN