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The problems really started when it emerged that a minority of solicitors were deducting extra amounts from those damages.

From The Guardian • Mar. 8, 2011

In 1890, however, there were, deducting the 15,526 awaiting trial and serving out fines, 66,803 persons above the age of five years serving sentences.

From Sociology and Modern Social Problems by Ellwood, Charles A. (Charles Abram)