The evening world., 1903-05-23

is true IN the case Of embezzlcment
The 1ashes are not imposed. while In
larceny they are.
Among the felOnious crimes that arc
punched with the whipping post or pill
Tory are house-breaking, burglary. high
way robbery. horse stealing and wife
beating; also In the case OF a person
who maliclously administers poison to
another with intent to commit murder.
In this Inter case part OF the penalty
Is sixty lashes.
This case furnishes an Interesting
example OF what the punishment might
be for one crime. Surprising a man
should endeavor 10 poison a FAMILY OF
Ten and be tried on ten separate indict.
ments The penalty In u State would
ne SJ,VD to 100000 line, ten hours in the
plllory, elk hundred iashes n impris-
onment not to exceed forty weeks, and
the punishment would be the same even
though none OF the people was injured.
was malicious or felonious.
Where FIoEginR IL Done.
Take the case OF a person who ma
liciouSly deprives another OF any Of hls
limos. or WAC shall cut out a persons
tongue. or shall put out his eye. or who
shal! slit, cut or bite of his nose, lip
or ear; In any OF these cases he shall
be whipped with thirty. lashes in addi-
ton to being imprisoned.
Any person who burns any court
house In the State or any building where
puzzle records arc kept. In addition to
the other punishment, shall stand for
one 'hour IN the pillory and De whipped
with sixty lashes. II a person sets fire
to any ship, mill. any building Of a
manufacturing establishment, any gran
airy, warehouse. stable. church. prayer
meejng-hous or schoolhouso. he shall
stand one hour In the pillory and be
whipped with no less than twenty
lashes.
the night time with intent to commit a
crime ne snail stand one hour in the
pillory ana be whipped with from twenty
to forty lhshes whether the intended
form OF punishment Is used where he
breaks irtO a private office to DESTROY
private records. or II he breaks into a
mouse or store In the day time. or It
stolen.
wife Bcaters Get Ii.
we have soma few crimes In which
the only punishment In the pll.ory and
Others where the only punishment may
he the w~hipping-post. A person cor-
falsely In a Court Of Justice Is son
fenced to stand one o In the pillory
A mar who beats his wife may be
sentenced to receive punishment at the
W ~ ~. &c l'f-As
zone proof OF the effectiveness of this
punishment Is that 1t Is dreaded more
Than the imprisonment and the fine. and
Il criminal who Is punished at the whip.
ping-rrSi or DIllOrv is rarely ever aRain
punished In our State. II he commtts
another crime he usually goes else
where to do 1t because OF the fear OF the
punishment. Members of the bar in our
State unquallioily Recommend both OF
these methods of punishment, n say
In favor Of them that In nearly every
case they represent. where the peualty
is "A fine. n term OF Imprisonment. the
p'lorv nrd Tho wF]ippirC-post, that their
clients tell them that they are wiling To
take the limit of imprisonment provld-
ing they can escape the pillory or the
laShes.
ANY man who has ever stood in tie,
pillory or has been whipped at the
w1ioninq-post feels that he is forever
d~isgraced. even among the criminal
classes, and he has no desire to spend
the rest of his days in the State OF
Delaware"