...too great fcverity. I know ot men in Ireland being picketed till they fainted. When they rccovercd, picketed again till they fainted — recovered again,...own guilt, or of the guilt of their neighbours!!! But I can even go farther — men have been half-hanged, and then brought to life, in order, by the...

...because that horrible engine was not at hand. But I do know instances of men being picketed in Ireland till they fainted ; when they recovered, picketed...; and, this, in order to extort from the tortured sufferers a confession, either of their own guilt, or of the guilt of their neighbours. But I can even...

...instances have pro- * Ibid. p. 303. ' I know,' he continued, ' instances of men being picketed in Ireland till they fainted ; when they recovered, picketed...time ; and this in order to extort from the tortured sufferers a confession, either of their own guilt or of the guilt of their neighbours. I can even go...

...picketed in Ireland till they fainted; when they recovered, picketed again till they fainted—recovered again, and again picketed till they fainted a third...time ; and this in order to extort from the tortured .sufferers a confession, either of their own guilt or of the guilt of their neighbours. I can even...

...investigation before the Privy Council. ' I know,' he continued, ' instances of men being picketed in Ireland till they fainted ; when they recovered, picketed...time; and this in order to extort from the tortured sufferers a confession, either of their own guilt or of the guilt of their neighbours. I can even go...