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NYJ-N.769.064
18 May 1769:13 (1376 Supplement)
[Boston. Journal of Occurrences, continued.] April 11.
There was very severe whippings the day before yesterday; a
grenadier having recieved about two hundred lashes, in part
of a court marshal'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 humane officer, to
order his being again tied to the halberts, and that the
drummers should proceed in executing the sentence; he
accordingly recieved about fifty more lashes, as seemingly
insensible of the strokes as would have been a statue of
marble: He was then taken down and conveyed away to the
hospital, a seeming corps.
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