Note 31 — Chapter II · NEWGATE DOWN TO 1818.

Besides these and other fees paid in prison, there were the charges of the “secondary,” who received a shilling per pound for every pound under £100, and sixpence for every pound above that sum. This was called the sheriff’s poundage, and often amounted to large sums—as much as £97 odd in one case which is cited by Mr. Neild.