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Show PEPYS AT AN EXECUTION. Punishment of Malefactors In England In Year ISM. In th earl) day of public niecu tlona, It waa no unrotumon thing for the oonilemned roan to be hanged on th scene of the crime or even at his home. Mr I'epya attended euch a ipeclaclo on .Ian 21. ll.fij for we road the following entry In tile diary "Up, nnd after sending my wife to my Aunt Wright's to get a (dace to tee Turner hanged. I to the 'Change, and. seeing people flock In the ell), I Inquire"! nnd found that Turner waa cot yet banged; so I went among them to I-eadenhall striw at tbe end ot I,ymo street, near where tho rob-bary rob-bary waa done, and to SI Mnr Axe, where he lived. And there I gnl for a shilling, to stand upon the wheel of a cart. In great pain, above an hour he-fore he-fore th execution was done, he dclav-Ing dclav-Ing the time by long discourses and pr)rs. one after another. In hopes of n reprieve; but none came, and at last wns flung off tbe ladder In his ciiwk. A comely looking man ho was, and kept hla countenance to the end. I waa sorry to see him It waa believed believ-ed there were nt least IS or 11,000 peo-jjo peo-jjo In tho street." |