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Adventures of Martin Cash [ut supra], pp.133-141; Cases of
George Armstrong, ‘Pine Tree Jack’, and Alexander Camp-
bell.
Punishment of the ‘gag’ and ‘bridle”. Correspondence relat-
ing to the Rev. T. Rogers [ut supra], pp. 41-43.
Punishment of the ‘gag’ and ‘bridle”.
Report of a Select Committee [ut supra], 1838: Evidence of
the Very Rev. Wm. Ullathorne, D.D.—Q.267:— ‘As I men-
tioned the names of those men who were to die, they one
after another, as their names were pronounced, dropped on
their knees and thanked God that they were to be delivered
from that horrible place, whilst the others remained stand-
ing mute, weeping. It was the most horrible scene I have
ever witnessed.’
Ibidem: Evidence of Colonel George Arthur.—Q.4,548.
Ibidem: Evidence of Sir Francis Forbes.—Q.1,119.
Ibidem: Q.1,335-1,343:—
‘...Two or three men murdered their fellow-prisoners, with
the certainty of being detected and executed, apparent-
ly without malice and with very little excitement, stating
that they knew that they should be hanged, but it was better
than being where they were.’

For the Term of His Natural Life