Speeches on Social and Political Subjects: Military floggingRichard Griffin, 1857 - Great Britain |
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... receiving Two Hundred , was , on his own petition , permitted to volunteer into a regiment on foreign service . William Clifford , a private in the 7th royal veteran battalion , was lately sentenced to receive ONE THOUSAND LASHES , for ...
... receiving Two Hundred , was , on his own petition , permitted to volunteer into a regiment on foreign service . William Clifford , a private in the 7th royal veteran battalion , was lately sentenced to receive ONE THOUSAND LASHES , for ...
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... receiving two hundred , was on his own petition permitted to volunteer into a regi- ment on foreign service . ' Enough would it have been for the argument to have said , that Corporal Curtis had been sentenced to receive one thousand ...
... receiving two hundred , was on his own petition permitted to volunteer into a regi- ment on foreign service . ' Enough would it have been for the argument to have said , that Corporal Curtis had been sentenced to receive one thousand ...
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... received , but also by my own inti- mate persuasion that such a line of conduct is far from necessary , that it would be even hurtful to my case . For the same reason , I shall abstain from following another example set me by the ...
... received , but also by my own inti- mate persuasion that such a line of conduct is far from necessary , that it would be even hurtful to my case . For the same reason , I shall abstain from following another example set me by the ...
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... received , yet but seldom put in force , and that the author had found it impossible to produce any instances of the infliction of that punishment . The author was aware that ingenious men would start this objection against him , and ...
... received , yet but seldom put in force , and that the author had found it impossible to produce any instances of the infliction of that punishment . The author was aware that ingenious men would start this objection against him , and ...
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... received the highest order of knighthood . You must all know that afterwards through the campaign in Ger- many , when serving with the allied armies , he rendered himself celebrated by his skill and courage ; as well as with our gallant ...
... received the highest order of knighthood . You must all know that afterwards through the campaign in Ger- many , when serving with the allied armies , he rendered himself celebrated by his skill and courage ; as well as with our gallant ...
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