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The earliest mention of the punishment appears in orders that Richard I of England issued to his navy on starting for the Holy Land in 1189. "Concerning the lawes and ordinances appointed by King Richard for his navie the forme thereof was this ... item, a thiefe or felon that hath stolen, being lawfully convicted, shal have his head shorne, and boyling pitch poured upon his head, and feathers ...
Since the early 1970s, extrajudicial punishment attacks have been carried out by Ulster loyalist and Irish republican paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland. Attacks can range from a warning or expulsion from Northern Ireland, backed up by the threat of violence, to severe beatings that leave victims in hospital and shootings in the limbs ...
"Captain Swayne pitchcapping the people of Prosperous" Pitchcapping is a form of torture which involves pouring hot pitch or tar (mainly used at the time for water-proofing seams in the sides of ships and boats) into a conical paper cap and forcing it onto an individual's head, which is then allowed to cool before being rapidly removed.
Richardson was a customs official who had killed a 12-year-old Bostonian named Christopher Seider, but escaped punishment by receiving a royal pardon. [5] Malcolm was stripped to the waist and covered with burning hot tar and feathers before he was forced into a waiting cart.
"Punishment" is a poem by Irish poet Seamus ... past and The Troubles in Northern Ireland. ... used tarring and feathering as a way to punish Irish women ...
During the Troubles in Northern Ireland, paramilitaries considered themselves to be law enforcers in their own areas. They used limb shootings to 'punish' alleged drug pushers and child molesters . If the crime was considered to be grave, the victim was also shot in the ankles and elbows, leaving them with six gunshot wounds (colloquially known ...
Tarring and feathering; Tickle torture; W. Welcome parade (torture) This page was last edited on 15 February 2015, at 16:16 (UTC). Text is available under the ...
Illustration of a mob tarring and feathering Joseph Smith. According to recorded accounts of the event, the mob broke down the front door, took Smith's oldest surviving adopted child from his arms, [ 6 ] dragged Smith from the room, leaving his exposed child on a trundle bed and forcing Emma and the others from the house, the mob threatening ...