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NYEP(D.749.032
2 Oct 1749:12 (228)
Basil [Switzerland], July 11. The affair relating to the
conspiracy at Berne, proceeds in much the same manner as
most enterprizes of the like nature do, when they are
discovered before the actors are ready to execute their
designs. Three of the principal conspirators, who, upon the
strictest examination that could possibly be made, were
found guilty on Friday last, have had sentence pronounced
against them . . . [6 lines] During all the time of their
trial, a certain number of drummers were ordered to beat
without ceasing; and on the day of execution the same
drummers surrounded the scaffold, and had express orders to
beat up directly, in case any of the criminals presumed to
harangue the mob; which, however, none of them attempted. .
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