 | Basil Montagu - Capital punishment - 1809 - 338 pages
...length twisted together, to the end of which is fastened a single tough thong of a foot and a half, tapering towards a point, and capable of being changed...when too much softened by the blood of the criminal. August 10, 1781, 1 saw two criminals, amanand a woman' suffer the punishment of the knoot. They were... | |
 | Basil Montagu - Capital punishment - 1816 - 340 pages
...changed by the executioner, when too much softened by the blood of the criminal. August 10, 1781, I saw two criminals, a man and a woman, suffer the punishment of the knoot. They were conducted from prison by about fifteen hussars and ten soldiers. When they arrived... | |
 | James Baldwin Brown - Philanthropists - 1823 - 702 pages
...length, twisted together, to the end of which is fastened a single tough thong, of a foot and a half, tapering towards a point, and capable of being changed...when too much softened by the blood of the criminal." But besides this savage scourge, he was shown the axe and block ; the machine, then out of use, for... | |
 | James Baldwin Brown - Philanthropists - 1823 - 700 pages
...punishment that he himself was an eye-witness, and which he thus describes: — " August 10, 1781, 1 saw two criminals, a man and a woman, suffer the punishment of the kitoot. They were conducted from prison by about fifteen hussars and ten soldiers. When they arrived... | |
 | James Baldwin Brown - Social change - 1831 - 388 pages
...length twisted together, to the end of which is fastened a single tough thong of a foot and a half, tapering towards a point, and capable of being changed...when too much softened by the blood of the criminal." But besides this savage scourge, he was shown the axe and block ,. the machine then out of use for... | |
 | Mrs. John Farrar - 1833 - 298 pages
...about two feet in length twisted together, to the end of which is fastened a single tough thong a foot and a half in length, tapering towards a point, and...when too much softened by the blood of the criminal. Mr. Howard forced himself to witness the infliction of this severe punishment on two criminals, a man... | |
 | Edward Livingston - Crime - 1833 - 766 pages
...of death in many cases, and lo death in its most horrid form. It is thus described by Howard : " I saw two criminals, a man and a woman, suffer the punishment of the knout. They were conducted from piison by about fifteen hussars and len soldiers. When they arrived at the place of punishment, the... | |
 | Thomas Taylor (biographer.) - 1836 - 482 pages
...expense of much feeling, to be present. The barbarous scene he thus describes : " August 10, 1781 — I saw two criminals, a man and a woman, suffer the punishment of the knout. They were conducted from the prison by fifteen hussars and ten soldiers. When they reached the place of punishment, the hussars... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1852 - 670 pages
...two feet in length, twisted together, to the end of which is fastened a single tough thong of a foot and a half in length, tapering towards a point, and...the criminal. When the philanthropic Howard was in IVtersburgh, he saw two criminals, a man and a woman, suffer the punishment of the knout. They were... | |
 | Anecdotes - 1847 - 666 pages
...two feet in length, twisted together, to the end of which is fastened a single tough thong of a foot and a half in length, tapering towards a point, and capable of being changed by the execntioner when too much softened by the blood of the criminal. When the philanthropic Howard was... | |
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The knout whip is fixed to a wooden handle a foot long, and consists of several thongs, about two feet in length, twisted together, to the end of which is fastened a single tough thong of a foot > 3 and a half in length, tapering towards a point, and... 
