The Lincoln County herald., 1872-10-30
The Lash in ENGLAND.

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The Lash in England.
A London correspondent Of the Dub
lin Fresman's Journal, writing Of date
September 18th. says: Two young men
convicted of robbery with violence, had
administered to them this msrning Il cas-.
tigation which must forever have settled
in the minds of those who witnessed it
the moot question, whether corporal pun
ishment really acts as q deterrent to
crime. So far rs the Gu prlts themselves
are concerned, it is mere than probable
that they will never again run the risk of
being placed at the mercy of a couple Of
stout wardsrs and nine tailed cat and
as to their friends in crime, were they to
witness the manner in which tho punish
ment is borne by the most hardened Of
their fellow -ruffians. a salutary effect
would no doubt be produced upon their
minds for some time to come. Daniel
Duffy, young fellow eighteen years Of
age, was first placed on the grating to
undergo that portion Of his sentence
which must have been harder to bear
than the whole seven years penal ssrvi
tude which are to follow. To tho unini.
tiated twenty .6vo lashes do not appear a
very severe sentence, but when one wit
nesses the effect of each stroke upon the
back of each man, the fearful cries Of
agony wrung from him each time tho cat
welded by the practiced arm Of power
ful warder, comes whizzlng upon his
shoulders, it naturally occurs to the
mind that the matter ought to be venti-
lated as freely as possible, in order that
garrottsrs in general may be made aware
of the treat in store for them within tho
wall. of Newgate. Duffy when brought
into the room, cast nervous z lancc at the
two wardens, with their sleeves stripped
up ready for action, and without q word
submitted to be fastened, hand and foot.
At tho first stroke his courage failed,
and from that time antll the whole
twenty five lashss had been administered,
he kept up continuous scream Of agony,
occasionally crying, Have mercy, doctor
I'm being murdered" When released,
his back, from the shoulders nearly to
his belt, was one mass of livid flesh. and
he was unable to walk to his cell without
assistance. The second victim was a
young fellow twenty years of age, named
Jchu Talbout, who, at Maidstone, on the
22d of July, held laboring man named
Prtchard by the throat. whilst two other
men robbed him of faw halt pence, &c
The sentence in bis case was thirty
lashes and seven years penal servitude.
Talbout, a stronger man than Duffy, from
the determined manner exhibited when
brought from his cell, believed that hi.
courage was sufficient to carry him
through the ordeal. the nature Of which
he mIstsok. AS the first stroke was laiC
on n suppressed groan escaped his lips
accompanied by q start of surprise, bu
he drew himself upright and threw hi'
shoalderbladss back together to prstec
his spine. From the beginning to thu
end, however, be never uttered word
although his back was more severely lac
Grated than Ouffy's, the skin being broker
in several places; and when released, h.
declined the proffered assistance Of th'
warders to dress, and quietly walkec
from the room to bis cell, assuming tn
same defiant air with which he had en-
tered, although it was evident from th'
uneasy motion and discolorsd back tha
the punishment was such as will be re
mem bersd to the end of his life. Th
sentences we're carried out in the pres
sncs of Sir John Bennett, the sheriff, MI
Beard, the under sheriff, Mr.. Gibson, th
surgeon, and representatives Of the press