History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, embracing a comprehensive history of the county from its first settlement to the present time . , or fix a stigma upon his name, the man would find some way of satisfying. frnm^v^-^^^----^* FIltST COURT-HUUSK. Built in Worcester in 1732-3, on the site where the inescnt Court-Houses stand. THE WILDER CASE. 49 his creditor. These motives prompted to the measure of imprisoning men fordebt. It is quite possible that malicious men sometimes gratified their spiteby imprisoning those who were obnoxious to them. But certainly the worstplace to put an honest
History of Worcester County, Massachusetts, embracing a comprehensive history of the county from its first settlement to the present time . , or fix a stigma upon his name, the man would find some way of satisfying. frnm^v^-^^^----^* FIltST COURT-HUUSK. Built in Worcester in 1732-3, on the site where the inescnt Court-Houses stand. THE WILDER CASE. 49 his creditor. These motives prompted to the measure of imprisoning men fordebt. It is quite possible that malicious men sometimes gratified their spiteby imprisoning those who were obnoxious to them. But certainly the worstplace to put an honest debtor in was a prison. He was taken from his ])usi-ness and placed where there was little chance for work or useful occupation ofany kind. Often, after weeks or mouths of confinement, the debtor wasreleased, and the creditor had his labor for his pains. That is, the troubleincuricd in the arrest and imprisonment of his poor neighbor brought him noth-ing but the enmity of the debtor and his family, and perhaps the reproach ofthe community. It was a poor way to collect debts, and was abandoned byalmost universal consent. But the reader of the old Records will find honored names in the list ofdebtors. One was
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