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The Hansard Reports of the debates over the Bills of 1837, 1844, and 1869, contain many clear statements of the argument for, and against, abolition.

37 17 "The Law of Executions, to which are added the History and Practice of the Court of King's Bench." By the late Lord Chief Baron Gilbert.

42 7 Smollett. "Roderick Random." Chap. LXI.

43 1 For the story of the Clerkenwell Spinster and the Debtor, see Sir Walter Besant's "London in the Eighteenth Century," Chap. V., "Debtors' Prisons," at p. 562. This volume contains excellent accounts of the law and the poor in the eighteenth century.

45 8 December 5th, 1837. Lord Cottenham introduced Bill to abolish arrest on mesne process. 1 & 2 Vict. c. 110.

45 30 Thackeray. "The Virginians." Vol. I. Chap. XLV.

46 18 Duke de Cadaval's case. Hansard. 1837. Vol. 39, p. 593.

48 2 J. B. Atlay. "The Victorian Chancellors." I., 406.

48 18 Lord Brougham's speech. Hansard. 1837. Vol. 39, p. 574.

49 15 Lord Brougham's speech. Hansard. 1844. Vol. 75, p. 1174.

51 6 See Judgment of Sir George Jessel, M.R., in Marris v. Ingram, (1879) Law Reports, 13 Chancery Division, p. 341.

55 6 Sir Robert Collier's speech. Hansard. 1869. Vol. 197, p. 421.