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(who was the first Bailiff that underwent the Discipline of the New Mint) deposed, that on the <rs id="t17250115-68-cd361" type="crimeDate">3d of Nov.</rs>
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last, between Seven and Eight at Night, William Green (followed by several others) came into his House, and said, G - D - my Body, you are my Prisoner. They carry'd him to <rs type="placeName" id="t17250115-68-crimeloc362">the Sun at Green-Bank in the New Mint</rs>
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; they laid him a cross a Joint-Stool, and whipt him, giving him (he believes) 3 or 400 Lathes, and then put him into the Pit, which was about six Foot long, and three or four Foot broad, and over it hung the Sign of the Hand and Tipstaff. When they thought that he had been sufficiently soak'd in the Pit, they were going to take him out; but the Prisoner came to him, and cry'd, G - D - your Blood, you shall duck two or three times for my Pleasure; and so made him plunge in again, and roll about (he said) like a Sow in hot Weather. <rs id="t17250115-68-verdict363" type="verdictDescription"> <interp inst="t17250115-68-verdict363" type="verdictCategory" value="guilty"></interp>
Guilty </rs>
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<note>[Fine. See summary.]</note>
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<note>[Pillory. See summary.]</note>
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<note>[Imprisonment. See summary.]</note>
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