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Brooks, Henry M. (Henry Mason), 1822-1898

"The Olden Time Series, Vol. 5: Some Strange and Curious Punishments Gleanings Chiefly from Old Newspapers of Boston and Salem, Massachusetts"


_William Robinson_, a tall slim fellow, about 5 Feet 7 inches
high, wears a blue Surtout Coat with metal Buttons, and his Hat
commonly flopt before, and an old laced Waistcoat, has short
curled black Hair; when he speaks he seems jaw-fallen and very
effeminate, is about 35 Years of Age, walks much like a
Foot-pad, and has a comely Woman with him whom he calls his
Wife.----_John Cassady_, a middling siz'd Fellow much
pock-broken, square-shoulder'd, wears a Wig upon the yellow
cast, and has a very guilty Countenance, is about 40 Years of
Age, and calls himself a Shoe-maker.--_John Willson_, a short
young Fellow, about 21 Years of Age, wears a blue Surtout Coat,
and short black Hair, of a pale Countenance, and calls himself a
Sail-maker.--_George Sears_, a well-set Fellow, with a comely
Face, black Hair twisted with a black Ribbon, and says he serv'd
3 Years to an Attorney in England.
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In the "Essex Gazette," Nov.


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