 Vagabond above the age of fourteen years shall be adjudged to be grievously whipped and burned through the Gristle of the right Ear with a hot Iron of the Compass of an Inch, unless some credible Person will take him into Service for a Year.  Notes and Queries - Page 1821884Full view - About this book
 | Great Britain. Poor Law Commission - 1834 - 512 lehte
...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 the second, be deemed felons; and for the third, suffer death as felons without benefit... | |
 | 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 inch about; for the second, be deemed felons ; and for the third, suffer death as felons without benefit... | |
 | John Ramsay McCulloch, John Ramsay M'Culloch - 1839 - 760 lehte
...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 the second, be deemed felons ; and for the third, suffer death as felons without benefit... | |
 | 1859 - 256 lehte
...the age of fourteen years shall be adjndged to be grievously whipped, and burned through the grille of the right ear with a hot iron of the compass of...for a year. And if, being of the age of eighteen, he after do fall again into a roguish life, he shall suffer death as a felon, unless some credible... | |
 | 1846 - 982 lehte
...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,... | |
 | 1849 - 496 lehte
...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,... | |
 | George Harris - 1849 - 540 lehte
...statute, and such as were deemed vagrants were to be "grievously whipped, and burned through the gristle of the right ear with a hot iron, of the compass of an inch about ;" and in the 39th Elizabeth, it was enacted that a beggar of this kind should, " on his apprehension,... | |
 | 1884 - 672 lehte
...grievously whipped and burned through •— ^rirtle of (he right ear with a hot iron of the comI pass of an inch, unless some credible person will take...years, he after do fall again into a roguish lite he chalí suffer death аз a felon, unless some credible person will take him into service for two years.... | |
 | Henry Mayhew - 1851 - 600 lehte
...convicted of being a vagabond should, after being previously whipped, be burnt through the gristle of the right ear " with a hot iron of the compass of an inch about," unless some person should agree to take him as a servant — of course without wages — for... | |
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