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Show WHIPPING POST IN DELAWARE Relic of Dark Ages Put In Operation, .. Four Negroes Being Whipped. Wilmington, Dela. At Newcastlo county workhouse; on Saturday, four negroes felt tho sting of tho Delaware whipping pos.t law. Thoso whipped woro Warner Lewis, convicted of larceny lar-ceny und sentenced to one year In prison nnd twenty lashes; Lconnrd Ilarrett, highway robbery, ten years and forty lashes, nnd John Richardson Richard-son and Hornco Archie, highway robbery, rob-bery, ten years and forty lushes ench. Only by occasional flinching did tho victims give ovldenco of physical .suf- feting. This total of 140 lashes !n tho largest Imposed at tho whipping pofgt In ttls ciuniry for many years. Tho tendency of recently enacted laws has been to permit moro discretion In tho courts ln respect to Imposing corporal punishment. |