Law and Order

Brecon Prison Visit

Other duties of justices of the peace included prison visits. On 20 June 1891, J R Bailey and the Visiting Justices to Her Majesty's Prison were reminded of this visit.

Letter to Sir J R Bailey, Bart, MP
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"Sir J R Bailey Bart MP

20 June 1891

Dear Sir,

I beg to inform you that the Quarterly meeting of the Visiting Justices to Her Majesty's Prison at Brecknock will be held at the Prison on Tuesday the 30th inst at [blank] o'clock in the afternoon.

Yours faithfully

(signed) H Edgar Thomas
Clerk to the Visiting Justices

I was very pleased to hear you are much better, I hope you will soon be quite well again. H.T."


Sir Joseph Russell Bailey