Hancock, John, 1737-1793 [Sentence of four prisoners for attempting to escape confinement].
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03793 Author/Creator: Hancock, John, 1737-1793 Place Written: Boston, Massachusetts Type: Autograph endorsement signed Date: 25 June 1790 Pagination: 1 p. 18.8 x 31 cm Order a Copy
Countersigned by Judge William Perkins. Sentence of Thomas Port, John Carny, John Payn and Peter Rodgers to lashings for attempted escape. Each of the prisoners plead guilty and received "thirty nine stripes on their naked backs."
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