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" I saw two criminals, a man and a woman, suffer the punishment of the knout They were conducted from prison by about fifteen hussars and ten soldiers. When they arrived at the place of punishment the hussars formed themselves into a ring round the whipping-post.... "
Memoirs of the Public and Private Life of John Howard, the Philanthropist - Page 322
by James Baldwin Brown - 1823 - 657 pages
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The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death

Basil Montagu - 1809 - 338 pages
...criminal. August 10, 1781, 1 saw two criminals, amanand a woman' suffer the punishment of the knoot. They were conducted from prison by about fifteen hussars...arrived at the place of punishment, the hussars formed * Tin; gaoler told me, that agreeably to the king's order, the door-way had been bricked up. On my...
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The Opinions of Different Authors Upon the Punishment of Death, Volume 1

Basil Montagu - 1816 - 340 pages
...criminal. August 10, 1781, I saw two criminals, a man and a woman, suffer the punishment of the knoot. They were conducted from prison by about fifteen hussars...the hussars formed themselves into a ring round the whipping post, the drum beat a minute or two, and then some prayers were repeated, the populace taking...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select [by] Sholto and Reuben ..., Volume 8

1826 - 372 pages
...Howard was in Petersburgh, he saw two criminals, a man and a woman, suffer the punishment of the knout. They were conducted from prison by about fifteen hussars and ten soldiers. W hen they had arrived at the place of punishment, the hussars formed themselves into a ring round...
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The Percy Anecdotes: Original and Select, Volume 8

Reuben Percy - 1826 - 384 pages
...Howard was in Petersburgh, he saw two criminals, a man and a woman, suffer the punishment of the knout. They were conducted from prison by about fifteen hussars and ten soldiers. When they had arrived at the place of punishment, the hussars formed themselves into a ring round the whipping-post...
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Memoirs of Howard, Compiled from His Diary, His Confidential Letters, and ...

James Baldwin Brown - 1831 - 388 pages
...describes it : "Aug. 10,1781. I saw two criminals, a man and a woman, sull'er the punishment of the knoot. They were conducted from prison by about fifteen hussars...the hussars formed themselves into a ring round the whipping post, the drum beat a minute or two, and then some prayers were read, the populace taking...
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A System of Penal Law, for the State of Louisiana: Consisting of a Code of ...

Edward Livingston - 1833 - 768 pages
...described by Howard : " I saw two criminals, a man and a woman, suffer the punishment of the knout. They were conducted from prison by about fifteen hussars...the hussars formed themselves into a ring round the whipping post. The drum beat a minute or two, and then some prayers were repeated, the populace taking...
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A System of Penal Law, for the State of Louisiana: Consisting of a Code of ...

Edward Livingston - 1833 - 768 pages
...woman, suffer tbe punishment of the knout. They were conducted from prison by about fifteen hussars «nd ten soldiers. When they arrived at the place of punishment,...the hussars 'formed themselves into a ring round the whipping post. The drum beat a minute or two, and then some prayers were repeated, the populace taking...
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A System of Penal Law, for the State of Louisiana: Consisting of a Code of ...

Edward Livingston - 1833 - 766 pages
...suffer the punishment of the knout. They were conducted from piison by about fifteen hussars and len soldiers. When they arrived at the place of punishment,...the hussars formed themselves into a ring round the whipping post. The drum beat a minute or two, and lhen some pnyerf were repeated, the populace taking...
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Memoirs of John Howard

Thomas Taylor (biographer.) - 1836 - 482 pages
...the knout. They were conducted from the prison by fifteen hussars and ten soldiers. When they reached the place of punishment, the hussars formed themselves...waist, her hands and feet were bound with cords to the post. A servant attended the executioner, and both were powerful men. The servant first marked...
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The Percy Anecdotes, Revised Edition: To which is Added, a Valuable ...

1852 - 670 pages
...soldiers. When they had arriv-ed at the place of punishment, tlie husaara formed themselves into u ring round the whipping-post; the drum beat a minute or two, and then some prayers were repeated, the populace taking olí their hate. The woman watt first tuken, and after being roughly...
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