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<note>Cap of ignominy</note> | <note>Cap of ignominy</note> | ||
<p>lower to receive the | <p>lower to receive the head. Each side is to<lb/> | ||
<add>a</add> < | be <add>a</add> <add>an oblong square</add> 3 foot high and 1 1/2 foot broad.</p> | ||
<p>On each side is to be printed in letters as<lb/> | <p>On each side is to be printed in letters as<lb/> | ||
large as may be a short history of the | large as may be a short history of the offence:<lb/> | ||
on which shall be expressed 1 the name of<lb/> | |||
the <del>party</del> offender 2. the name of the offence. 3. the<lb/> | the <del>party</del> offender 2. the name of the offence. 3. the<lb/> | ||
time when | time when and 4. the place where it was<lb/> | ||
committed. 5. the party < | committed. 5. the party <add>if known</add> to whose prejudice it<lb/> | ||
was committed, together with any other circumstances<lb/> | was committed, together with any other circumstances<lb/> | ||
if there be room for them which may<lb/> | if there be room for them which may<lb/> | ||
serve to particularize the offence.</p> | |||
<note>Execution<lb/> | <note>Execution<lb/> | ||
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<p>Executions which are performed in the most<lb/> | <p>Executions which are performed in the most<lb/> | ||
<sic> | <sic>publick</sic> manner shall be performed on<lb/> | ||
a scaffolding created for this purpose. This<lb/> | a scaffolding created for this purpose. This<lb/> | ||
scaffolding shall | scaffolding shall every where be painted or<lb/> | ||
hung with black. | hung with black.</p> | ||
<p>The | <note>Ministers of Justice<lb/> | ||
guards < | to be clothed<lb/> | ||
in black</note> | |||
and | |||
<p>The Executioner’s and | <p>The Sheriff with his attendants and<lb/> | ||
wear masks: to | guards shall <add>all</add> be clothed in black.<lb/> | ||
and to <gap/> them in </p> | The Surgeons or Surgeons, and the Executioners<lb/> | ||
<note>with full-bottomed wigs on their head, and</note> white wands in their hands.<lb/> | |||
The Sheriff and Surgeon <add>and Chaplain</add> in long robes: the Executioner<lb/> | |||
and Surgeon’s mates in jackets.</p> | |||
<p>The Executioner’s and Surgeon’s mates shall<lb/> | |||
wear masks: to <sic>encrease</sic> the terror of the scene<lb/> | |||
and to <del><gap/></del> screen them in some measure <add>those useful instruments of justice</add> from<lb/> | |||
the <add>antipathy</add> of the unthinking <del>people</del> populace.</p> | |||
<note>Dirge and Prayer.</note> | |||
<p><del>To p.</del> Before the <del><gap/></del> execution commences shall be<lb/> | |||
performed a solemn and melancholy dirge: <del>after</del> that<lb/> | |||
done the Chaplain shall pronounce a prayer: <del>and that</del> <add>the prayer</add> over<lb/> | |||
a <del><gap/></del> sky rocket shall be discharged: and then shall commence<lb/> | |||
<note>the execution.</note></p> | |||
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C
Punishments
Cap of ignominy
lower to receive the head. Each side is to
be a an oblong square 3 foot high and 1 1/2 foot broad.
On each side is to be printed in letters as
large as may be a short history of the offence:
on which shall be expressed 1 the name of
the party offender 2. the name of the offence. 3. the
time when and 4. the place where it was
committed. 5. the party if known to whose prejudice it
was committed, together with any other circumstances
if there be room for them which may
serve to particularize the offence.
Execution
Black Scaffolding
Executions which are performed in the most
publick manner shall be performed on
a scaffolding created for this purpose. This
scaffolding shall every where be painted or
hung with black.
Ministers of Justice
to be clothed
in black
The Sheriff with his attendants and
guards shall all be clothed in black.
The Surgeons or Surgeons, and the Executioners
with full-bottomed wigs on their head, and white wands in their hands.
The Sheriff and Surgeon and Chaplain in long robes: the Executioner
and Surgeon’s mates in jackets.
The Executioner’s and Surgeon’s mates shall
wear masks: to encrease the terror of the scene
and to screen them in some measure those useful instruments of justice from
the antipathy of the unthinking people populace.
Dirge and Prayer.
To p. Before the execution commences shall be
performed a solemn and melancholy dirge: after that
done the Chaplain shall pronounce a prayer: and that the prayer over
a sky rocket shall be discharged: and then shall commence
the execution.
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jeremy bentham |
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caroline fox |
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