JB/159/157/003

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not quite so high as to reach up to the chin of
an ordinary sized man is fixed perpendicularly
upon a stage. In the middle is made a semicircular
notch to receive the neck of the patient
on each side of which is a semicircular
notch to receive the hands. The Patient standing in this manner with his neck and hands, and each resting upon the respective notches Upon this board
another is let down which has three other semicicular
notches corresponding to those on the lower board in
such manner as to form so many circular
notches ones in which the respective members remain
inclosed. The Pillory, as is well known,
is used with us in England.

Halseisen. Neck-Iron I. 216 The Carcan The Carcan is a board with holes in it, into
which the neck and hands are inserted much
in the same manner as the Pillory. The
position of it however is horizontal; and it is not
fixed to any thing, so that the patient is not
deprived of the faculty of loco-motion, but
carries it about with him as he walks. The
Carcan as well as the Pillory is used in France.

The StocksThe Stocks are an instrument made in the
same manner as the Pillory, except that the
it has but two holes which are lower than those in the
others, and made to receive the Legs instead
of the Neck and Hands. The instrument being
fixed to the ground, the whole body is at the
same time disabled with respect to the faculty
of loco-motion. The Stocks are in use in
England. In the Country one sees an implement of

Identifier: | JB/159/157/003 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 159.
Date_1		Marginal Summary Numbering	not numbered
Box	159	Main Headings	punishment
Folio number	157	Info in main headings field	disablement
Image	003	Titles	gagging / note / fetters / chaining to the floor / the pillory / the carcass / the stocks
Category	text sheet	Number of Pages	4
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering	f9 / f10 / f11 / f12
Penner	jeremy bentham	Watermarks	[[watermarks::l v g propatria [britannia motif]]]
Marginals	jeremy bentham	Paper Producer	caroline vernon
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	53980
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