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MG-A(G.773.042
24 Jun 1773:22 (1450)
On the last day of our election [in Baltimore county], when
the polls were closed . . . [following Annapolis's example,
buried the proclamation:] About 4 o'clock P.M. the
procession, "with solemn pace and step profound," began to
move through the streets towards the gallows, accompanied
with all the regalia of military interment (the firing of
minute guns excepted), that is to say, colours properly
labelled flying, drums beating, and fifes and fiddles
playing. When the procession had arrived at the gallows,
one of those unlucky accidents, which sometimes disconcert
the best laid plans, had like to have spoiled all. In the
hurry of preparation, they had forgot to bring the criminal
along with them; or he had made his escape in the bustle. .
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