 The rack, indeed, was not at hand ; but the punishment of picketing was in practice, •which had been for some years abolished as too inhuman, even in the dragoon service. He had known a man, in order to extort confession of a supposed crime, or of that...  Ireland's Case Stated in Reply to Mr. Froude - Стр. 193авторы: Thomas Nicolas Burke - 1873 - Страниц: 238Полный просмотр - Подробнее о книге
 | 1804 - Страниц: 400
...suspicion, he was put to the torture, nay if he was merely accused of concealing the guilt of another. The rack indeed, was not at hand; but the punishment of picketing was in practice. He had known a man, in order to •extort confession of a supposed crime, or of that of some his neighbours,... | |
 | Francis Plowden - 1806 - Страниц: 516
...concealing the guilt of another. The rack, indeed, was not at " hand ; but the punishment of picqueting was in practice, which " had been for some years abolished, as too inhuman, even in " the dragoon service. He had known a man, in order to ex" tort confession of a supposed crime,... | |
 | William Sampson - 1807 - Страниц: 474
...concealing the guilt of another. The rack, indeed, was not at hand; bnt the punishment of pic,. queting was in practice, which had been for some years abolished, as too inhuman, even in the dragoon service.— He had known a man, in order to extort confession of a supposed crime, or... | |
 | 1809 - Страниц: 954
...concealing the guilt of another. The rack, indeed, was not at hand ; but the punishment of picqueting was in practice, which had been for some years abolished, as too inhuman, even in the dragoon service. He had known a man, in order to extort confession of a supposed crime, or of... | |
 | William Sampson - 1817 - Страниц: 452
...concealing the guilt of another. The rack, indeed, was not at hand; but the punishment of picqueting was in practice, which had been for some years abolished, as too inhuman, even in the dragoon service. He had known a man, in order to extort confession of a supposed crime, or of... | |
 | Nicholas Patrick Wiseman - 1848 - Страниц: 570
...concealing the guilt of another. The rack, indeed, was not used ; but the punishment of picketing was put in practice, which had been for some years abolished as too inhuman even in the dragoon service. He had known a man, in order to extort confession of a supposed crime, or of... | |
 | John Mitchel - 1869 - Страниц: 316
...concealing the guilt of another. The rack, indeed, was not at hand ; but the punishment of picqueting was in practice, which had been for some years abolished as too inhuman, even in the dragoon service. He had known a man, in order to extort confession of a supposed crime, or of... | |
 | 1869 - Страниц: 590
...concealing the guilt of another. The rack, indeed, was not at hand ; but the punishment of pit/quoting was in practice, which had been for some years abolished as too inhuman, even in the dragoon service. He had known a man, in order to extort confession of a supposed crime, or of... | |
 | Thomas Nicolas Burke - 1872 - Страниц: 150
...Irish militia, an army of one hundred and thirty thousand men prepared for the work, and thus, I say, they goaded the people on to rebellion. The rack,...practice, which had been for some years abolished as'too unhuman even for the treatment of servants. Lord Moira goes on to say : ' ' That he had known... | |
 | Charles Bradlaugh - 1887 - Страниц: 328
...concealing the guilt of another. The rack, indeed, was not at hand ; but the punishment of picqueting was in practice, which had been for some years abolished as too inhuman, even in the dragoon service. He had known a man, in order to extort a confession of a supposed crime, or... | |
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