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Newspaper
Lancaster Farming
Location
Lancaster, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1955
Page
3
A fragment from 1760s Lancaster County records recount Ann Tew's alleged double jeopardy case. The court ordered ears cut, whipping, and a fine, with notes on a controversial 1766 misdeed tied to identity and currency disputes. The garbled text notes long-ago penalties and legal oddities.
Historical notes describe Ann Tew of Lancaster County sentenced in 1766 to the pillory for an altered one shilling bill, with both ears cut off and thirty one lashes, plus a hundred pound fine. The record shows two separate sentences in one day and references to Benjamin Franklin notes and colonial counterfeiting laws.
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