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Bluenorthwest

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17. Of course not. The last one served actually until 1865 and his name was Giovanni Battista Bugatti

Reply to mikehiggins (Reply #12)

Sat Feb 7, 2015, 12:00 PM

Feb 2015

He kept excellent records. Charles Dickens described one execution by him in his 'Pictures From Italy' in 1864.
Before 1816, they used the axe and noose but also some burning alive. The invention of the guillotine was a boon, but they also did drawing and quartering and a method which involved crushing the head with a mallet then slitting the throat.
Back in the 1500's, Pope Sixtus V lined the bridges with the heads of pickpockets, it was said to be more heads than there were melons in the market.....

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