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Horsemonger-Lane Prison; and upon Mr. Leigh Hunt's being sentenced for the libel, his first day's dinner was sent over by Mr. Alsager.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 39, January, 1861 Various
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Hatfield "men-of-elegant-crimes" school of novel-writing -- the archives of Newgate and Horsemonger-lane being open at all times to the inspection of the favoured purchaser.
Punch, or the London Charivari. Volume 1, July 31, 1841 Various
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In a fanciful passage in one of his early essays he had fancied himself 'lying in Horsemonger Gaol under sentence of death' for having been unable to resist the temptation of stealing some
Intentions Oscar Wilde 1877
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A small company of about thirty -- men, women, and a few children -- were coming slowly down Horsemonger Street.
One Snowy Night Long ago at Oxford Emily Sarah Holt 1864
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What! would not Newgate rejoice, and Horsemonger be glad?
The Complete Prose Works of Martin Farquhar Tupper Martin Farquhar Tupper 1849
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We saw the Mannings executed on the walls of Horsemonger-lane gaol; and with the letter which Dickens wrote next day to the _Times_ descriptive of what we had witnessed on that memorable morning, there began an active agitation against public executions which never ceased until the salutary change was effected which has worked so well.
The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete John Forster 1844
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-- This was an indictment against the defendant, undertaker to the Horsemonger-lane gaol, for a mis-demeanour, in corruptly selling for dissection the body of a capital convict, after he had been executed, contrary to his duty, in viola-tion of public decency, and the scandal of religion.
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No! no! Colonel Despard had _opposed_ and _exposed_ the Government, and he was hanged in the front of the county gaol at Horsemonger Lane, and after having been suspended about twelve minutes and a half, his head was taken off, (_the King having most graciously remitted the execution of the remainder of the sentence_.)
Memoirs of Henry Hunt, Esq. — Volume 2 Henry Hunt 1804
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Chaplain of St. Saviour's Southwark, & chaplain of Horsemonger
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a poor debtor of his in Horsemonger-lane prison -- a debtor to the amount of at least a hundred shillings.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, December 25, 1841 Various
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