Show j l' l i i fm Of L io C I.- I. 0 r I I V V t AT Al' AN EXECUTION Punishment of Malefactors In England ln In Year 1663 In the early days fays of public it w was no s no uncommon thing for forthe forthe forthe the condemned man to be hanged on the sc scene ne of tl- tl the crime or pr even at his I bo ne e Mr r i ii ys attended such a spectacle spectacle-on on Jan 21 1663 for we read th the fol following yn o entry tn in his in-his his diary Up and after sending my wife to tomy my Aunt Aunt- Wrights Wright's to get a place to see se Turner hang hanged d. d I to Change and seeing p people ople flock flock- in the city I inquired and found that Turner was wasn n Hat t- t yet hanged so I went among among- them to street at the end pf of Lyme street near where the robbery robbery rob rob- bery was done and to St. St Mary Axe where he lived And there I got for a shilling to stand upon uvon the wheel of a cart In great pain above an hour homo before before before be be- fore the execution was done he delaying delaying delay delay- ing the time by l long ng discourse and prayers one after another in Hopes of ot a reprieve but none came came and at last was flung off the ladder In his cloak A comely looking man he was Vas and kept his countenance to the ind I was sorry to see him It was ed there were at least 12 or people people peo peo- eo pIe in the street |