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Page 114
... execution . The costs of this execution were shared by the town council and the kirk . For a tar barrel [ Pounds Shil- Pence ] lings 80 she had her cottage . ( Notice the reference to John Kincaid who received six pounds Scots for ...
... execution . The costs of this execution were shared by the town council and the kirk . For a tar barrel [ Pounds Shil- Pence ] lings 80 she had her cottage . ( Notice the reference to John Kincaid who received six pounds Scots for ...
Page 460
... execution by the secular authority were also made an occa- sion for terror . At Neuchâtel , for example , the accused was led in formal procession to receive judgment on the terrace of the castle . The Châtelain opened the ceremony : Q ...
... execution by the secular authority were also made an occa- sion for terror . At Neuchâtel , for example , the accused was led in formal procession to receive judgment on the terrace of the castle . The Châtelain opened the ceremony : Q ...
Page 556
... execution , seven persons : A little girl , a stranger , aged twelve . A stranger . A stranger , a woman . A village mayor , a stranger . Three women , stran- gers . At the same time was executed in the market place a guard who had let ...
... execution , seven persons : A little girl , a stranger , aged twelve . A stranger . A stranger , a woman . A village mayor , a stranger . Three women , stran- gers . At the same time was executed in the market place a guard who had let ...
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