  | | PAGE | | Gibbeting and exposure with the ancient Jews; their strong desire for burial, and abhorrence at being cast out,—exemplified from the Scriptures,—David, Jotham, Azariah; Jehoiakim. Gibbeting with the Egyptians; the Chief Baker. The watches of Rizpah; the seven crosses. Desire of the Greeks for interment; examples from the Iliad; the Æneid. Gibbeting with the Etruscans, Pliny; the Cross. Gibbeting with the Romans; their dread of exposure, Ovid; the Cross, the Gibbet. The Great Sacrifice. Gibbeting of Saints | 1-12 | | | | | Gibbeting with the Anglo-Saxons; Hanging in Chains. High Treason,—punishment for,—examples in fourteenth, fifteenth, and sixteenth centuries. Drawing and Quartering. Wallace; the Despencers; Hotspur. Executions for “the —45.” Gibbeting in Jersey. Gallows and Gibbet,—difference between, in England; in France | 13-25 | | | | | Punishments and gibbeting in Germany; in England, in seventeenth century; in Scotland,—Treason and Chains. The Gibbet in France; Fourches Patibulaires of Montfaucon,—La Grande Justice,—description of; mode of operation; allusions to in early poetry; Gibbet of Montigny; Gibbeting of animals | 26-41 | | | | | The Gallows and Gibbet in Spain. Gibbeting of animals in Holland | 42-48 | | | | | The “Pilgrim’s Progress.” Entry of Charles V. into Douai. Punishment of women in England; in France. Examples of Hangings in Chains, 1671-1717 | 49-59 | | | | | Piracy, 1725. Sir Walter Scott. “Standing Mute.” Squeezing the Thumbs. Peine forte et dure, example of, 1674. The Rack. Burning alive. High Treason,—defined. Petition for Hanging in Chains. Examples of Gibbeting, 1742, 1751. The Smugglers; death from horror of irons. Witchcraft | 60-69 | | | | | Gibbeting in Chains first legally recognized, 1752; but not part of the sentence. Roman law concerning Gibbeting. Its rapid increase in England. Terror at prospect of Gibbet and Chains. Preparation and treatment of the body. Effect of Gibbeting on spectators and traffic. Hogarth. Thames Pirates gibbeted,—attraction for holiday-makers. Behaviour at Northampton | 70-77 | | | | | Examples of Hangings in Chains, 1752-1777. Jemmy Dawson. Double Gibbet,—Mr. Kerrich’s sketches. Robbing the mail,—triple gibbet. Robbing the mail and gibbeting, 1788; Robbing the mail and murdering the post-boy, and gibbeting. Double Gibbet, 1796. Robbing the mail and hanging in irons, 1799 | 78-86 | | | | | Bewick’s illustrations of the Gibbet | 87-92 | | | | | Example of Hanging in Chains, 1800. Tradition of Hanging alive in Chains,—Hollingshed, Chettle,—considered, and set aside. Ambrose Gwinnett, 1709. Hanging, Boiling, and Quartering | 93-101 | | | | | Example of Hanging in Chains, 1808. Gibbet riddle. Spence Broughton. Hanging in Chains at Malta. A Hand gibbeted. Supposed Gibbeting alive in Bengal, and in Jamaica. The Chapter House at Lincoln a criminal court, 1827; the gibbeting remitted. Example in 1832; severance of last personal link with the Gibbet (April 14, 1891). Last example of Hanging in Chains, 1834. Its abolition by Statute. Gibbet with Wooden Head, in memoriam. Conclusion.—The Halifax Gibbet | 102-114 |
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