 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
 | 1852 - 548 lehte
...a vagabond should be " grievously whipped" and burned through the gristle of the right ear with an hot iron of the compass of an inch, unless some credible...person will take him into service for a year; and "if he fall again into a roguish life, he shall suffer death as a felon." The object of this act could... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - 1854 - 566 lehte
...commonly given," 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... | |
 | William Gideon Michael Jones Barker - 1854 - 366 lehte
...their settlements were included — should, after being grievously whipt, be burnt through the gristle of the right ear with a hot iron of the compass of about an inch, unless some person should agree to take them as servants for a year, without wages.... | |
 | 1856 - 910 lehte
...were to be taken as " vagabonds," and were to be " grievously whipped, and burnt through the gristle of the right ear with a hot iron of the compass of an inch about," unless some honest householder would take them into service for a year ; for a second offence... | |
 | 1859 - 256 lehte
...the age of fourteen years shall be adjndged 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 eredible person will take him into service for a year. And if, being of the age of eighteen, he after... | |
 | Henry Mayhew - 1861 - 574 lehte
...convicted of being a vagabond should, after being grievously whipped, be burnt through the gristle of the right ear " with a hot iron of the compa-ss of ;m inch about," unless sonic person should agree to take him as a servant — of course without wages... | |
 | Henry Mayhew, John Binny - 1862 - 740 lehte
...refuse to work, 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, such parties should be deemed felons ; and for the third, they should suffer... | |
 | Henry Mayhew - 1864 - 588 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 without... | |
 | John Harland - 1865 - 170 lehte
...a vagabond, aged above fourteen years, shall be grievously whipped, and burned through the gristle of the right ear with a hot iron of the compass of...credible person will take him into service for a year. If he fall again into a roguish life and be of the age of eighteen, he shall suffer death as a felon,... | |
 | Manchester (England). Court-leet - 1865 - 170 lehte
...a vagabond, aged above fourteen years, shall be grievously whipped, and burned through the gristle of the right ear with a hot iron of the compass of...credible person will take him into service for a year. If he fall again into a roguish life and be of the age of eighteen, he shall suffer death as a felon,... | |
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