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Observator reports Foe Guilty plea and Pillory punishment
The Ob- server narrates Daniel de Foe pleading guilty to publishing The Shortest Way with the Dissenters. He is condemned to stand three times in the pillory, pay 200 marks fine, and find security for seven years. Discussion covers English law, fines beyond estate, and quotes colonial petitions.
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Zuly
Observacor
Daniel de Foe
Difsenters
Judicature
Fudges
Foe
England
Fee
M. 1
Obj
Se&t
Ranson
James
Orange
Commons of
Tryals
Westminster