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Punishment for Felonies During the Colonial Era

Record #:
14582
Author(s):
Abstract:
Violators of the law in our day and time may thing they are getting rather severe punishment, but in examining what took place as punishment in North Carolina during the days of the Lore Proprietors - 1665 to 1730 - they should have nothing to complain about.
Source:
The State (NoCar F 251 S77), Vol. 13 Issue 35, Jan 1946, p7, 26