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EG.769.042
13-20 Jun 1769:1871 (1/47)
Boston, April 11. There was a very severe whipping the day
before yesterday: a grenadier having received about two
hundred lashes, in part of a Court Martial's sentence, the
doctor as it is said, advised to his being loosed from the
halberts, it being his opinion, that a greater number might
endanger life. He was accordingly unloosed, when he fell
upon the ground senseless, but upon pouring some water down
his throat, he soon came to himself; this encouraged the
human officer, to order his being again tied to the
halberts, and that the drummers should proceed in executing
the sentence... [5 more lines describing conclusion of
sentence with 50 more lashes.]
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