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The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Trial and Execution, for Petit Treason, of Mark and Phillis, Slaves of Capt. John Codman, by Abner Cheney Goodell, Jr. This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Trial and Execution, for Petit Treason, of Mark and Phillis, Slaves of Capt. John Codman Who Murdered Their Master at Charlestown, Mass., in 1755; for Which the Man Was Hanged and Gibbeted, and the Woman Was Burned to Death. Including, Also, Some Account of Other Punishments by Burning in Massachusetts Author: Abner Cheney Goodell, Jr. Release Date: August 28, 2008 [EBook #26446] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK TRIAL, EXECUTION, PETIT TREASON *** Produced by Bryan Ness, Linda Cantoni, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Library of Congress) [Transcriber's Note: This e-book contains extensive passages from 18th Century documents. Spelling, punctuation, hyphenation, and capitalization are preserved as they appear in the original (including "goal" for "gaol"). Superscripts are rendered as normal letters. Macrons over consonants are rendered in brackets with an equal sign, e.g., [=c].] THE TRIAL AND EXECUTION, FOR PETIT TREASON, OF MARK AND PHILLIS, SLAVES OF CAPT. JOHN CODMAN, WHO MURDERED THEIR MASTER AT CHARLESTOWN, MASS., IN 1755; FOR WHICH THE MAN WAS HANGED AND GIBBETED, AND THE WOMAN WAS BURNED TO DEATH. INCLUDING, ALSO, SOME ACCOUNT OF OTHER PUNISHMENTS BY BURNING IN MASSACHUSETTS. BY ABNER CHENEY GOODELL, JR. CAMBRIDGE: JOHN WILSON AND SON. _University Press._ 1883. [200 copies printed.] THE TRIAL AND EXECUTION OF MARK AND PHILLIS, IN 1755. [The following pages are, with slight changes, a reprint from the Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, of a paper read before that Society, March 8, 1883, in answer to a question propounded at a previous meeting, relative to the authenticity of the tradition that a woman was burned to death in Massachusetts in the year 1755. As
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