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BEP(F.769.011
6 Feb 1769:12 (1741)
[Journal of the Times, dealing with "severe scourgings,
lately given the soldiery,"] . . .
amongst other unusual aggravations of the punishment, the
drummers were ordered to strip, to stay a minute between
every stroke, and instead of 25, to give only ten lashes.
When 190 cuts had been administered in this manner, the
surgeon who stood by, declared, that if the man received the
remainder, it would be impossible for him to survive the
punishment; according he was unloosed from the halberts, and
carried back to the guard house, where having languished a
few days, his back began to mortify, and the mortification
soon reaching his kidneys, he died delerious.
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