DUNEDIN GARDEN ROBBERS.
The two lads sentenced by his Worship the Mayor to six hours imprisonment, and to be whipped, for stealing cherries from the garden of Mr Chaplin, underwent punishment last evening. The whipping took place in the gaol, with a few small birch rods tied together—obviously the punishment was no child's play. As the cat fell each time, an instant yell of pain told the succeeding smart. Each of the boys appeared to suffer in the same degree of intensity, and each gave indications of the severity of the pain by incessant screams and cries, repeated wiiji every stroke. These cries, we are toO> continued for some time after the punishment was over. So the punishment wen*' on until each lad had received his number of lashes, and was removed to his cell. It is to be hoped that other lads with the same tendencies to plunder, will be deterred by the sufferings of those actually before him. Our account of the proceedings will convince these young thieves, that the new punishment of whipping is a most unpleasant addition to the customary punishment of imprisonment and low diet.—Dunedin Paper,
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Auckland Star, Volume III, Issue 628, 16 January 1872, Page 2
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191DUNEDIN GARDEN ROBBERS. Auckland Star, Volume III, Issue 628, 16 January 1872, Page 2
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