...103. Cover quotes Blackstone: The punishment of treason in general is very solemn and terrible, 1. That the offender be drawn to the gallows, and not be carried or walk; though usually (by connivance, at length ripened by human into law) a sledge or hurdle is allowed, to preserve...

...made ? x 376. The common law prescribes the, following mode of punishment for the crime of treason: 1. That the offender be drawn to the gallows, and not be carried or walk, though usually (by connivance, at length ripened into law) a sledge or hurdle is allowed, to preserve the...

...country upon offenders. Forging the coin of the realm in England was high treason and the penalty was that the offender be drawn to the gallows and not be carried or allowed to walk, although as a rule a sledge or hurdle might be used to preserve the criminal from...

...arbitrary power of amercement, to a point: The punishment of high treason in general is very solemn and terrible, i. that the offender be drawn to the gallows, and not be carried or walk; though usually a sledge or hurdle is allowed, to preserve the offender from the extreme torment of being dragged...

...arbitrary power of amercement, to a point: The punishment of high treason in general is very solemn and terrible, i. that the offender be drawn to the gallows, and not be carried or walk; though usually a sledge or hurdle is allowed, to preserve the offender from the extreme torment of being dragged...

...gave way to something else, something "solemn and terrible" where treason was concerned, namely: 1. That the offender be drawn to the gallows, and not be carried or walk; though usually a sledge or hurdle is allowed, to preserve the offender from the extreme torment of being dragged...