Citation - Boston Post Boy: 1749.10.02

BPB.749.010
2 Oct 1749:11 (775)
Basil, July 11.  The affair relating to the conspiracy of
Berne,. . .  During all the time of their trial, a certain
number of drummers were ordered to beat without ceasing; and
on the day of the execution the same drummers surrounded the
scaffold and had express orders to beat up directly in case
[s?]ay of the criminal should presume to harangue the mob,
which however none of them attempted . . .