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The Daily Dispatch: September 7, 1864., [Electronic resource], How Garrotters are Punished in England. (search)
How Garrotters are Punished in England. --The following is extracted from the Durham Chronicle, an English paper: John Croudace and Thomas Allison, who were convicted at the assizes last week of garotte robberies at Sunderland, and sentenced, the former to five years and the latter to ten years penal servitude, with twenty lashes each, underwent the punishment of flogging at the county prison on Saturday. The instrument of punishment was manufactured by a sailor, who is undergoing imprisonment in the goal, expressly for the purpose. The cat is ingeniously composed of nine thongs of stout leather, in each of which are nine knots, and these being connected to a flexible handle, the power, wielded by strong hands, is terrific. At every stroke the knots cut deeply, making flesh and blood fly in every direction. The prisoners were firmly tied up in a reclining position, the lower part of their shoulders exposed, the higher and lower part of their backs being protected by pad