Copy Photographs taken from the book "Punishments of former Days" by E. W. Pettifer

COPY PHOTOGRAPHS taken from the book "Punishments of former Days" by E. W. Pettifer. [Earnest William].

Since this book was first published in the 1950s the description it contains of the history of crime and punishment in Britain over the previous 200 years or so has attracted interest across a wide spectrum. The work was reprinted by Waterside Press from 1992 onwards having been out of print for decades. The contents cover a wide range of historic punishments from outlawry to the ducking stool, the pillory, stocks and whirligig to the branding iron and scold's bridle. From mutilation and torture to sanctuary and the emergence of private and then public prisons this is an essential addition to any criminal justice collection - imbued as it is by the comments of the author from the perspective of his own era, which are fascinating in themselves. Printed in the original style and format - together with a large number of the original illustrations. Thoroughly absorbing, the book transports the reader to a time when punishment was often brutal, unrestrained and unregulated by standards, fairness or consistency. It also looks at the sometimes strange logic that was applied by judges, justices of the peace and those charged with carrying out the task. Contents include: Crime and Punishment in the 18th century; Prisons in the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries; Children and Punishments; Outlawry; The Ordeal; Benefit of Clergy; Sanctuary; A Yorkshire Sanctuary; Deodands; The Gallows and the Gibbet; Hanging at Tyburn; The Pillory; The Stocks; The Ducking Stool; Whipping; Mutilation; Burning to Death; Torture; Peine Forte et Dure (Pressing to Death); The Branding Iron; The Scold’s Bridle or Brank; Body Irons; Punishments in a Yorkshire Town; Transportation; The Treadmill, the Crank, and Shot-drill; Oakum-picking; Miscellaneous Punishments: (including) Boiling to Death ~ Englishry ~ Fines ~ Forfeitures ~ Penance ~ The Picket and Whirligig ~ Riding the Stang.

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Cyflwr da /Good condition

Compiled by Amanda Sweet for Archifau Ynys Môn / Anglesey Archives

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