... the scaffold. A suppressed murmur lmnmediately arose from the vast crowd, and cries of Hats off' followed. Almost immediately after the door behind the scaffold was opened, and the culprit Faheity, attended by Father Gadd walked upon the scaffold, The ...

... much towards changing the law of the country on this subject. A WORKING MAN. . KILLING BY THE CA.NGMtAN-IMPORTANT TO THE PUBLIC. An interestiav and vzoraZ exhibition of KILLING ACCORDING TO LAW will take place in Dundee, on Wednesday morning the 22d inst ...

... 6th October 1862, culpably faied to take care that the scaffold across the part of the pit at the parrot coal seam bottom was completely boarded over, and that he left an open space in the scaffold, and failed to keep it in a thorough state of repair. ...

... of the jail yard. The iinionuig on this occasion took place in the ohap- ain's room, and from this Gregsonb stepped upon a scaffold erected within the boundary wall. ?? crime for which the culprit suffered was a very brutal murder of his wife, The prisoner ...

... agonies of the unfortunate man. By half past seven, the County Square and every adjoining street commanding a view of the scaffold were complete]7 crowded. The railway bridge also exhibited a num. her of eager spectators, and the windows in the- vicinity ...

... the Phone a jealous barrister was at found guilty of killing one of his colleagues. In the on Haute Vienna a wretched old man lived witl a mistress, in- who took another lover, and aided him to kill her pro- be tector. Both were found guilty. A Parisian ...

... burglary at the wine shop of Al. Deevois, fired repeatedly upon those who attempted to arrest him, having been found guilty of killing two of his pursuiers, was guillotined this morning. The crowd outside the ttoqiuelle Prison was rauch smaller than usual, ...

... firmness of the Govornmnent. Three convicts wero lying in jail under sentence of deatlh,-two for shootiing wvith intent to kill while trying to rob a bvank iu Openl day, anid the thlird for shooting his partneor dcad whlile, in thcepreseuco of several ...

... sentence for tbe favoorable evode of this punishment for his client. Under the scaffold thete is a winch with a cord, ending in a noose, on the platform of the scaffold, which being put round the necks of the criminals while being Indei on the wheel ...

... guilty or not of the offenees alleged against him; and lie has repeatedly said that his intention was to plead gtilty to having killed both the girls, but that as lie was perfectly bewildered by having so many charges of murder iade against him lie did not ...

... horror, trusting that they will not be in the trifling per centage whom the random bullets maim or kill. What terror, then, is there for such minidsl The scaffold. Its tedious preliminaries the trial, the suspense, the verdict, the condemned cell, tie final ...

... around the scaffold, which was of the rudest description. larsre number of troops were also stationed in toe neighbourhood. The execution was witneesed sums 8000 people, who maintained perfect uience. The prisoner was conducted to the scaffold oy strong ...