Posted on 08/10/2014 8:39:02 PM PDT by Ray76
Crime: assault in sudden anger, blasphemy, counterfeiting, idolatry, murder, rebellion, robbery of a church, witchcraft
Punishment: death by hanging
Crime: denying God, killing chickens, spying, stealing grapes, striking one’s mother or father
Punishment: death (usually by hanging)
Crime: forgery, manslaughter, theft
Punishment: branding with an “F” for forgery, an “M” for manslaughter, or a “T” for theft
Crime: hog theft
Punishment: first offense: 25 lashes and a fine of 400 pounds of tobacco (39 lashes for a Native American or mulatto), second offense: time in the pillory, ear nailing third offense: death (usually by hanging)
Crime: perjury
Punishment: ear nailing, whipping
Crime: baking bad bread, brawling, slander
Punishment: ducking stool
Crime: arson, cheating, conjuring, drunkenness, fortune-telling, gaming, impudence, libel, lying, slander, threatening, wife-beating
Punishment: time in the pillory
Source: www.history.org/history/teaching/enewsletter/volume3/images/ColonialCrimes.pdf
BLT and bacon 'n eggs. Major yummers.
“Crime: baking bad bread
Punishment: ducking stool”
Bad bread? Wow, don’t get the recipe wrong!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cucking_stool
Reminds me of the Common Law Felonies — http://www.scribd.com/doc/21489470/Common-Law-Felonies-in-the-US
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