The "Essex Gazette," April 23, 1771, under news from
Newport, April 15, says,--
William Carlisle was convicted of passing counterfeit Dollars,
and sentenced to stand One Hour in the Pillory, on Little-Rest
Hill, next Friday, to have _both Ears_ cropped, to be branded on
_both Cheeks_ with the Letter R, to pay a Fine of One hundred
Dollars and Cost of Prosecution, and to stand committed till
Sentence performed.
The letter R probably meant "rogue." The same account states that--
"Last Wednesday Evening one Mr. ----, of this Town (Newport), was
catched by a Number of Persons in Disguise, placed on an old
Horse, and paraded through the principal Streets for about an
Hour as a _Warning_ to all bad Husbands."
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In the "Massachusetts Gazette," Sept. 8, 1786, we find an account of
the Dutch mode of executions.
NEW-JERSEY.
ELIZABETH-TOWN, _Aug. 16_. The little influence which our present
mode of executing criminals has in deterring others from the
commission of the same crimes, arises from a want of solemnity
and terrifick circumstances on such occasions.
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