The chronicles of crime, or The new Newgate calendar Being a series of memoirs and anecdotes of notorious characters who have outraged the laws of Great Britain from the earliest period to the present time including a number of curious cases never before published Embellished with fifty-two engravings, from original drawings by "Phiz" [pseud.] . t of the house, and Millsswore he would shoot any one who followed or said anything of what hadoccurred. Meanwhile, the rest put Galley and Chater on one horse, tied their legsunder the horses belly, and then tied the legs of both together. They nowset
The chronicles of crime, or The new Newgate calendar Being a series of memoirs and anecdotes of notorious characters who have outraged the laws of Great Britain from the earliest period to the present time including a number of curious cases never before published Embellished with fifty-two engravings, from original drawings by "Phiz" [pseud.] . t of the house, and Millsswore he would shoot any one who followed or said anything of what hadoccurred. Meanwhile, the rest put Galley and Chater on one horse, tied their legsunder the horses belly, and then tied the legs of both together. They nowset forward, with the exception of Royce, who had no horse ; and they hadnot gone above two hundred yards, before Jackson called out ? Whip em,cut em, slash em, d—n em! u])on which, all began to whip exceptSteele, who led the horse, the roads being very bad. They whipped themfor half a mile, till they came to Woodash, where they fell oft, with theirheads under the horses belly; and their legs, which were tied, appearedover the horses back. Their tormentors soon set them upright again, andcontinued whipping them over the head, face, shoulders, &c., till they cameto Dean, upwarrls of half a mile farther; and here they both fell again asbefore, with their heads under the horses belly, which were struck at everystep by the horses 4^../;./. v/^ ..,.y/:%.x. ^!,.../r. THE NEW NEWGATE CAI,EM)AR, 129 Upon placing tliem again in the saddle, the viihiins found thorn so weakthat they could not sit ; upon which they separated them, and put Galleybefore Steele, and Chater before little Sam ; and then whipped (Jalley soseverely, that, the lashes coming upon Steele, at his desire they then went to Ilarris-well, and threatened to throw Galley in ; butwhen he desired that they would put an end to his misery at once, No,said Jackson, if thats the case, we have something more to say to you ;and they thereupon put him on the horse again, and whipped him over theDowns until h
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