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Show -"-iK-"--""''"B-B'"1'M1'w'l""w,MWM BBl I PEPYS AT AN EXECUTION H punishment of Malefactors In England" In Vear 1663. H In tho early days of public oxecu BJ ttons. It was no uncommon thing for BJj tho condomned man to bo hanged on BJ tho scono of tho crime, or oven nt his' BJ home. Mr. Popys attended such a BJ spectaclo on Jan. 21, 1G63, for wo read1 tho following entry In his diary: BJj "Up, and after sending my wlfo ta BJ my Aunt Wright's to get n placo to BJj seo Turner hanged, I to tho 'Change, BJ and, seeing peoplo Hock In tho city, I BJ Inquired and found that Turner was BJ not yot hanged; so I went among BJ thom to Lcndonhatl street, at the end BJ of Lymo street, near whero tho rob H bQry was done, and to St. Mary Axe, B whero ho lived. And thoro I got, for a B shilling, to stand upon tho wheel of a B cart, In great pain, 'nbovo an hour be- B foro tho execution wns dono, ho delay- B Ing tho tlmo by long discourses and B prayers, ono after another, in Iiopcb of a ropriovo; but nono camo, and at last was flung oft tho ladder In his cloak. A comely looking man ho was. and kept his countenanco to tho end. I was sorry to seo him. It wns bcllov-ed bcllov-ed thoro wero at least 12 or 14,000 people peo-ple In tho street." |