Curious Punishments of Bygone Days

By: Morse Earle, Alice

Book Excerpt: ...ay be indicted, and if convicted shall be sentenced to be placed in a certain engine of correction called the trebucket, castigatory, or ducking-stool."The trebuchet, or trebucket, was a stationary and simple form of a ducking machine consisting of a short post set at the water's edge with a long beam resting on it like a see-saw; by a simple contrivance it could be swung round parallel to the bank, and the culprit tied in the chair...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B08JB7GF39
• ISBN13: 9798677808210
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 72 Pages
• Weight: 0.26 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"