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<p>The artificial precipice shall X X made. An iron rod <lb/> | |||
shall be prepared about the thickX of mans wrist <lb/> | |||
it shall be fasten'd horizontally between two perpendicular <lb/> | |||
beams. This machine being placed on a stone <lb/> | |||
pavement, the rod shall be raised at least twice as high <lb/> | |||
above the pavement as the criminal is tall. He shall <lb/> | |||
then be ^ XX on the rod; his hands being confined in <lb/> | |||
such manner that they cannot touch either the rod or<lb/> | |||
anything else whereby he may support himself: and in <lb/> | |||
that manner he shall be left for a time to be limited in <lb/> | |||
his sentence or until he falls upon the pavement. But <lb/> | |||
expedients may be employed to save his head from the violence <lb/> | |||
of the fall.</p> | |||
<p> This punishment is to be employ'd in the <lb/> | |||
clandestine robbery and <lb/> | |||
cares of clandestine threats of bodily harm. </p> | |||
<p> He X X who made his neighbour X </p> | |||
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Punishments
The artificial precipice shall X X made. An iron rod
shall be prepared about the thickX of mans wrist
it shall be fasten'd horizontally between two perpendicular
beams. This machine being placed on a stone
pavement, the rod shall be raised at least twice as high
above the pavement as the criminal is tall. He shall
then be ^ XX on the rod; his hands being confined in
such manner that they cannot touch either the rod or
anything else whereby he may support himself: and in
that manner he shall be left for a time to be limited in
his sentence or until he falls upon the pavement. But
expedients may be employed to save his head from the violence
of the fall.
This punishment is to be employ'd in the
clandestine robbery and
cares of clandestine threats of bodily harm.
He X X who made his neighbour X
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