 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1854 - 580 lehte
...laborers, able in body, loitering and refusing to work for such reasonable wages as is commonly given," shall for the first offence " be grievously whipped,...be deemed felons ; and for the third, suffer death as felons, without benefit of clergy." * This is but a sample of the merciless legislation which all... | |
 | James Ebenezer Bicheno - 1824 - 190 lehte
...vagrants, till some time after ; for we find in 14 Eliz. c. 5. that these wretched outcasts were to be grievously whipped, and burnt through the gristle...ear with a hot iron of the compass of an inch about ; the second offence made them guilty of felony ; the third, felony without benefit of clergy. In consequence... | |
 | John Reeves - 1829 - 280 lehte
...should be adjudged to 16 CHAP, be grievously whipped and burnt through the gristle of the y _, -^ "i right ear, with a hot iron of the compass of an inch, unless ELIZAS, some creditable person would take him into his service for a year. And if being of the... | |
 | Great Britain. Poor Law Commissioners - 1834 - 520 lehte
...and form following," it enacts, that all persons thereafter set forth to be rogues and vagabonds, or sturdy beggars, shall for the first offence be grievously...be deemed felons; and for the third, suffer death as felons without benefit of clergy. Among rogues, vagabonds, and sturdy beggars, are included all... | |
 | Great Britain. Poor Law Commissioners - 1834 - 518 lehte
...sturdy beggars, shall for the first offence be grievously whipped, and burnt through the gristle qf the right ear with a hot iron of the compass of an...be deemed felons ; and for the third, suffer death as felons without benefit of clergy. Among rogues, vagabonds, and sturdy beggars, are included all... | |
 | John Bowen - 1835 - 122 lehte
...beggars, shall for the first offeree be grievously whipped, and burnt through the gristle of the right eir with a hot iron of the compass of an inch about ;...be deemed felons ; and for the third, suffer death as felons without benefit of clergy." "Among rogues, vagabou ds, and sturdy beggars, are included all... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch, John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1839 - 738 lehte
...form following," it enacts, " that nil persons thereafter set forth to be rogues and vagabonds, or sturdy beggars, shall for the first offence be grievously...be deemed felons ; and for the third, suffer death as felons without benefit of clergy." Among rogues, vagabonds, and sturdy beggars, are included all... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch, John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1839 - 760 lehte
...form following," it enacts, " that all persons thereafter set forth to be rogues and vagabonds, or sturdy beggars, shall for the first offence be grievously...be deemed felons ; and for the third, suffer death as felons without benefit of clergy." Among rogues, vagabonds, and sturdy beggars, are included all... | |
 | 1846 - 982 lehte
...reasonable wage as is commonly given," should " for the first offence be grievously whipped, and burned through the gristle of the right ear with a hot iron...of the compass of an inch about ;" for the second, should be deemed felons; and for the third, should suffer death as felons, without benefit of clergy.... | |
 | William Frederick Spackman - 1847 - 348 lehte
...given, shall for the first offence be 9rievously whipped and burned throu9h the 9ristle of the ri9ht ear with a hot iron of the compass of an inch about, for the second shall be deemed felons, and for the third shall suffer death as felons, without benefit of clergy."... | |
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... it enacts, that all persons thereafter set forth to be rogues and vagabonds, or sturdy beggars, shall for the first offence be grievously whipped, and burnt through the gristle of the right ear with a hot iron of the compass of an inch about; for... 
