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An Alternative to Capital Punishment Explored in the 1700’s…
January 11, 2018 by GuyHeilenman · Leave a Comment
Among several reports from America posted in The London Chronicle for January 19, 1768 is a report from Denmark which brings to light their experimentation with an alternative approach to the death sentence for the most heinous of crimes. Rather than editorializing, I’ll let the the text do the talking…
Filed under: Food for Thought, The 1700's
Tagged: 1768, America, capital punishment, taxation
Newspaper publisher shows his bias…
October 1, 2011 by TimHughes · 1 Comment
This curious item appeared in “The Weekly Crescent City” newspaper from New Orleans, August 15, 1841. He goes to some length to show the value in paying for a subscription…
Filed under: Pre Civil War, Unusual, Fun & Bizarre
Tagged: 19th century, capital punishment, crime