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Bygone Punishments

By William Andrews

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BYGONE PUNISHMENTS.
Bygone ... Punishments.
- Contents.
- Preface.
Bygone Punishments.
- Hanging.
  - Gallows Customs.
  - Curiosities of the Gallows.
  - Horrors of the Gallows.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- Gallows Customs.
- Curiosities of the Gallows.
- Horrors of the Gallows.
- FOOTNOTES:
- Hanging in Chains.
  - Hanging Alive in Chains.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- Hanging Alive in Chains.
- FOOTNOTES:
- Hanging, Drawing, and Quartering.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- FOOTNOTES:
- Pressing to Death.
- Drowning.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- FOOTNOTES:
- Burning to Death.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- FOOTNOTES:
- Boiling to Death.
- Beheading.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- FOOTNOTES:
- The Halifax Gibbet.
- The Scottish Maiden.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- FOOTNOTES:
- Mutilation.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- FOOTNOTES:
- Branding.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- FOOTNOTES:
- The Pillory.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- FOOTNOTES:
- Punishing Authors and Burning Books.
- Finger Pillory.
- The Jougs.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- FOOTNOTES:
- The Stocks.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- FOOTNOTES:
- The Drunkard's Cloak.
- Whipping and Whipping-Posts.
- Public Penance.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- FOOTNOTES:
- The Repentance Stool.
- The Ducking-Stool.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- FOOTNOTES:
- The Brank, or Scold's Bridle.
  - FOOTNOTES:
- FOOTNOTES:
- Riding the Stang.
- Index.