WHIPPED BY MACHINERY.
Automatic flogging machines are in use among the military forces o! several European nations. For many years the whipping was always done by soldiers under the command o) an officer, and the punishment varied according to the personal relations subsisting between the soldier and bis victim. It was to correct this disadvantage that the flogging machine was invented. ' The • machine is automatic in ac tion, and as soon as the culprit is fastened in position a spring is tightened or loosened to gauge the exaci force of the blow. A pointer is moved over a dial to the requisite number of strokes and the mechanism is started. With perfect regularity the victim's back is scourged by the thongs, the handle of the whip being moved by s screw device after each stroke, sc that the lash does not fall upon the same spot throughout the punish ment. Each blow is of uniform severity and as soon as the required numbei have been given the machine comes to a rest and the offender is released. with the assurance that the exaci punishment ordered has been meter out to him.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 499, 11 September 1912, Page 7
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191WHIPPED BY MACHINERY. King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 499, 11 September 1912, Page 7
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