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The History and
Romance of
Crime
FROM THE EARLIEST TIMESTO THE PRESENT DAY
THE GROLIER SOCIETYLONDON
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Heidelberg
German and Austrian
Prisons
PRISONS OF PRUSSIA, BAVARIA,SAXONY AND AUSTRIA-HUNGARYTHE FORTRESSES OFMAGDEBURG AND SPIELBERG
by
MAJOR ARTHUR GRIFFITHSLate Inspector of Prisons in Great Britain
Author of“The Mysteries of Police and Crime“Fifty Years of Public Service,” etc.
THE GROLIER SOCIETY
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EDITION NATIONALELimited to one thousand registered and numbered sets.NUMBER 3075
INTRODUCTION
Interest in penal matters in Germany and inAustria-Hungary centres rather in the nature andnumber of persons who commit crimes than themethods pursued in bringing them to justice or theplaces in which penalties have been imposed. Thecharacter and extent of crimes committed from timeto time, attracts us more generally than the prisonsdesigned and established for their punishment. Thisis the more marked because such