Morbid Fact Du Jour For November 22, 2011
November 22nd, 2011
Today’s Weakened Yet Truly Morbid Fact!
Instances of military floggings resulting in fatalities in 19th century Britain are too numerous to recount, as are those that occurred in the navy, whether administered by the cat-o’-nine-tails or the rope’s end. Many reports were entered in ships’ logs, one example being: “A man in the Theseus was severely and repeatedly punished until at last he could not walk. He was, however, brought up on deck in this weak condition, laid upon a gun, as he could not stand, and again flogged. He died almost immediately afterwards.”
Culled from: The Book Of Execution
… I think he learned his lesson after the first round… yikes.