Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, Vol. 24

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Excerpt from Historical Collections of the Essex Institute, Vol. 24: Jan., Feb., March, 1887The Criminal Legislation of a later time put a premium upon this accomplish ment of reading and writing which is known in modern phrase as benefit of clergy. At Exeter, in the fortieth year of Elizabeth seven culprits were branded and set free, being able to read, who would otherwise have been hanged for theits as eight others, who could not read, were treated in the same year for the same ofi'ences.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.