 | 1837 - Počet stránok 224
...posts which supported the cross-beams were firmly fixed in stone masonry five feet in height. Prom either side of these walls footboards were placed,...man, as he reached to the top of the ladder, stepped on the platform and walked at once to a halter. Without loss of time he tried its strength by weighing... | |
 | 1837 - Počet stránok 392
...were firmly fixed in stone masonry five feet in height. From either side of these walls foot, boards were placed, on which the unhappy criminals were to...man, as he reached to the top of the ladder, stepped on the platform and walked at once to a halter. Without loss of time he tried its strength by weighing... | |
 | 1837 - Počet stránok 656
...were, firmly fixed in stcnc-masonry five feet in height. From either side of these walls foot-hoards were placed, on which the unhappy criminals were to...shoutings of these wretched men. " Each man, as he reached the top of the ladder, stepped out on the platform and walked at once to a halter. Without loss of... | |
 | Henry Harpur Spry - 1837 - Počet stránok 690
...provided with ten running halters equidistant from one another. As each hackery load of malefactprs arrived, it was taken to the foot of the respective...removed. All this time the air was pierced with the Loarse and hollow shoutings of these wretched men. Each man as he readied to the top of the ladder,... | |
 | C. H. Forbes-Lindsay - 1903 - Počet stránok 446
...respective ladders, and as one by one got out, he mounted to the platform or foot-board. Their legirons were not removed. "All this time the air was pierced...shoutings of these wretched men. Each man, as he reached the top of the ladder, stepped out on the platform, and walked at once to a halter. Without loss of... | |
 | Martine van Wœrkens - 2002 - Počet stránok 392
...arrived, it was taken to the foot of the respective ladders, and . . . [they] one by one got out [and] mounted to the plat-form or foot-board. Their irons...time the air was pierced with the hoarse and hollow shouting of these wretched men. Each man as he reached to the top of the ladder, stepped out on the... | |
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The upright posts which supported the crossbeams were firmly fixed in stone masonry five feet in height. From either side of these walls foot-boards were placed, on which the unhappy criminals were to land on reaching the top of the ladder. The cross-beams... 