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16419	Brooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason)	The Olden Time Series, Vol. 5: Some Strange and Curious Punishments Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts			.txt	text/plain	18709	1006	74	recorded of the old English law of hanging the remains of executed Punishment for wearing long hair in New England. Law in England and well Executed it wou'd in a little Time prove the sentence of the Court, was punished by being publicly ducked in copying this account says that the "crime is old, but the punishment Curious list of punishments in the early days of New England. State Street on two several days, be confined in Prison for the term Sentences by the Supreme Judicial Court at Salem, Nov. 18, 1786. sentenced to pay said Perkins £18-4-0, and be whipped 25 stripes. goods of John Brooks, was sentenced to pay said Brooks £16-8-0, Salem, sentenced to be severely whipped." criminal laws of England at the time, and the number of capital Called to the place of Execution in the 39th year of my age, I	./cache/16419.txt	./txt/16419.txt