. Views of Troy and Cohoes. 4. CoivKK^HT, I. COUNTY COURT HOUSE—TKoW Skconi. ami Conckkss Stkklts Rensselaer County Court House, S. E. corner Congress and Second Streets facing on Seminary Park, is a granite fiie-proof l)uilding whiclicost ^350,000, contains County otiices, Sui)ieme Couit room with intetesting portraits androoms of tlie County Boaid of 1S9S. Tlie site was a gift of Jacol) 1). Van der Heyden, March, 22, 1703. A whipping post and stoclis were placed in the yard,about the year Occasionally criminals were there publicly whipped by t
. Views of Troy and Cohoes. 4. CoivKK^HT, I. COUNTY COURT HOUSE—TKoW Skconi. ami Conckkss Stkklts Rensselaer County Court House, S. E. corner Congress and Second Streets facing on Seminary Park, is a granite fiie-proof l)uilding whiclicost ^350,000, contains County otiices, Sui)ieme Couit room with intetesting portraits androoms of tlie County Boaid of 1S9S. Tlie site was a gift of Jacol) 1). Van der Heyden, March, 22, 1703. A whipping post and stoclis were placed in the yard,about the year Occasionally criminals were there publicly whipped by the sheriff or hTs deputy, the offenders severally receivinga number of lashes, less than forty. Those held in the stocks were often objects of ridicule, and were not unfrequentlv pelted with offen-sive missiles by the village children.
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