Evidence Taken Before the Committee of the House of Representatives: Appointed to Enquire Into the Treatment of Prisoners at Castle Thunder (Classic Reprint)
Evidence Taken Before the Committee of the House of Representatives: Appointed to Enquire Into the Treatment of Prisoners at Castle Thunder (Classic Reprint)
Excerpt from Evidence Taken Before the Committee of the House of Representatives: Appointed to Enquire Into the Treatment of Prisoners at Castle Thunder I have seen prisoners whipped; but I don't know by whose or what authority. I have seen men severely whipped on the buttocks with straps; don't know how many lashes were laid on, but I should think about fifty. I only saw one whipping. On this occasion the officers were requested by Captain Alexander to go up into the prison room end.see the men whipped. The whipping strap ...
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Excerpt from Evidence Taken Before the Committee of the House of Representatives: Appointed to Enquire Into the Treatment of Prisoners at Castle Thunder I have seen prisoners whipped; but I don't know by whose or what authority. I have seen men severely whipped on the buttocks with straps; don't know how many lashes were laid on, but I should think about fifty. I only saw one whipping. On this occasion the officers were requested by Captain Alexander to go up into the prison room end.see the men whipped. The whipping strap was secured on to wooden handles. They were made of harness leather or sole leather from eighteen inches to two feet in length.' The blows were laid on about as hard as a man could do it. I have seen prisoners wear the same clothes for months until they were ready to drop off in rags. I think there have been instances of attempts to bribe the guard. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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