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The Moorefield Examiner
Moorefield, Hardy County, West Virginia
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Delegate Will F. Crow of Marshall County introduced a bill in the House of Delegates to establish whipping posts near county courthouses and impose 20-40 lashes for poultry theft, embezzlement, liquor transport, and receiving support from prostitutes, in addition to other penalties.
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Bare back whipping would be the penalty for chicken stealing, turkey stealing, goose stealing, under the terms of a bill introduced in the house of delegates by Delegate Will F. Crow, of Marshall county.
The measure provides for the establishment of a whipping post at or near the court house of each county in a conspicuous place in full view of the public.
Any person entering a yard, pen or other enclosure or building, with the intent of taking contrary to law, any chickens or other poultry, would be subject to not less than twenty or not more than forty lashes, in addition to other punishment prescribed by law.
The same punishment would be imposed upon conviction of violation of several laws, including those relating to embezzlement, the transporting of liquor in cars, boats, etc., and the receipt of support from prostitutes.
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Marshall County
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proposed penalty: not less than twenty or not more than forty lashes, in addition to other punishment prescribed by law, for poultry theft, embezzlement, transporting liquor, and receipt of support from prostitutes.
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Bill introduced in the house of delegates by Delegate Will F. Crow of Marshall county to establish a whipping post at or near the court house of each county in a conspicuous place in full view of the public. Any person entering a yard, pen or other enclosure or building with intent to take chickens or other poultry contrary to law would be subject to the whipping. The same punishment for violations including embezzlement, transporting liquor in cars, boats, etc., and receipt of support from prostitutes.