The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction - Volume 19, No. 545, May 5, 1832 by Various
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page 11 of 49 (22%)
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"For cutting off the gold-finger, for every wound in the thigh, for
wounding the ear, for piercing both cheeks, for cutting either nostril, for each of the front teeth, for breaking the jaw bone, for breaking an arm, six shillings. "For seizing the hair so as to hurt the bone, for the loss of either of the eye teeth, or the middle finger, four shillings. "For pulling the hair so that the bone become visible, for piercing the ear or one cheek, for cutting off the thumb nail, for the first double tooth, for wounding the nose with the fist, for wounding the elbow, for breaking a rib, or for wounding the vertebrae, three shillings. "For every nail (probably of the fingers) and for every tooth beyond the first double tooth, one shilling. "For seizing the hair, fifty scoettas. "For the nail of the great toe, thirty scoettas. "For every other nail, ten scoettas." W.A.R. * * * * * THE COSMOPOLITE. |
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