A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . Punishment in Vermont in 1775 for some crimes: tied in chair and hung up for two hours; tied to tree and beech seal (so-called) applied, consisting of 200 lashes (From old engraving) In Manchester a convict was brought to the sign-postnear a large hotel, placed on a horseblock, and his headbound fast to the signpost. An officer first cut ofE the lowerportion of the culprits ears and
A text book of the geography, history, constitution and civil government of Vermont; also Constitution and civil government of the US., a publication expressly prepared to comply with Vermont's state school laws . Punishment in Vermont in 1775 for some crimes: tied in chair and hung up for two hours; tied to tree and beech seal (so-called) applied, consisting of 200 lashes (From old engraving) In Manchester a convict was brought to the sign-postnear a large hotel, placed on a horseblock, and his headbound fast to the signpost. An officer first cut ofE the lowerportion of the culprits ears and trod the pieces under hisfeet; then taking a branding iron, which an assistant had 234 History of Vermont been heating over a kettle of coals, he applied it to the con-victs forehead. To imitate the operation was a favoriteplay with the boys the following winter. High on a hill near the center of Newfane may be seenthe foundations of a few buildings long since removed orgone to decay. A busy village once stood there, with dwell-ings and shops, courthouse, academy and church. In anopen space just below the academy and church stood thewhipping post, in the form of a cross. About three months. The ducking stool used in early times(From an old engraving) prior to the passage of the act providing for a state prison,a w^oman convicted of passing counterfeit money was broughtthere, stripped naked down to the waist, her arms tied to thearms of the cross and thirty-nine lashes applied to her back,partly by the sheriff and partly by an assistant. Her back be-came raw from the infliction, and she writhed and screamedin her agony. Meanwhile multitudes were looking on fromthe windows of the church and academy. Early Development 23S The state prison did not come too soon; and it is wellthat such scenes were viewed through the windows of themeeting house and school house, else they might have con-tinued to this day.
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