Caryl Chessman, the Red Light Bandit

ISBN: 9780882291888

页数: 230

定价: 57.00

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Hanging*
of
Whilst the Shah of Persia was on a visit to England??? he wanted
to see how the English executed their criminals. The sight of
torture is a favorite entertainment of Eastern monarchs.
Accompanied by a numerous suite??? he went to Newgate??? the
London Roquette. Great was his disappointment upon hearing
that the rope gave instantaneous death. However??? he decided
upon seeing how the apparatus worked??? and desired the governor
of the prison to be good enough to execute a criminal on the spot.
It was represented to him that there were no criminals lying
under sentence of death just then. He was about to lose his
temper??? when??? recollecting himself??? he cried??? \"That s no objection;
I will let you have one of my suite.\"
The London folks have not forgotten it yet
*Max O Rell??? John Bull and His Island (London: The Leadenhall Press??? 1882)
pp. 110-11.
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