[197] Page 35.
[198] Page 43.
[199] In the Commissioners' Report of 1871, p. 76, a case is reported in which the jury would not convict a woman who had the charge of a lunatic and admitted that "she strapped the patient once a month at the full of the moon," of ill-usage, although Mr. Justice Willes summed up strongly against her. In another case the Lunacy statute was disregarded, but Baron Martin summed up very leniently, much to the disapproval, not to say the disgust, of the Commissioners.
[200] Page 75.
[201] Page 81.
[202] Page 77.
[203] See [page 196].
[204] Page 20.
[205] The order and description of these institutions have been given in these decennial tables as far as possible in accordance with that of the table of 1844, in order to facilitate comparison.
[206] Exclusive of 208 lunatics so found by inquisition who reside in charge of their committees.