‘the Gallows’ On The Banks Of The Thames

Visitors to England and walking by the tranquil Thames River will not be afraid to see a hanging noose in the wind. Behind it is a horror story about the law of the 17th to 19th centuries. British tourism walks the banks of the River Thames Photo: xpgomes10 / Flickr perhaps only a small part of the horror of the people of the 17th century, because at that time, there were not only one but dozens of noose and rotting corpses tied to the Thames. iron cage. Many people are also obsessed with the sight of iron cages swaying in the wind, emitting deadly noises enough to make anyone shudder

.These are criminals who are publicly executed by hanging at The Execution Dock took place on the banks of the River Thames in London for hundreds of years, when Britain was expanding, expanding its influence of the empire to compete with Spain and France. The British Empire carried out strong colonial expansion in remote places across the oceans. Sea trade between Britain and the colonies was bustling The colonies provided the essential raw materials, as well as the consumer market for British-made goods, and for this trade to be successful Britain needed safe shipping routes.



The hanging scene on the banks of the River Thames is shown. Here, a scene from the movie Black Sail (2014). At the time, especially during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, piracy was sponsored by the royal family, and used as a support tool against foreign merchant ships. However, Queen Elizabeth I successors did not support this action, the toleration of pirates was abolished. Marine looting is considered a crime, as it poses a major threat to trade lines.The only penalty for this crime is death. The execution of the death penalty would be imprisoned at Newgate and then taken to Tyburn for hanging (this position is now Marble Arch) Pirates and other maritime crimes such as dissidents and smugglers, often detained in Marshalsea prison, which is then brought to the Execution Dock for public execution.



As in British historical tradition, criminals are often executed at the site of the crime, thus pirates and other maritime crimes will be executed on the banks of the Thames, because this river flows into the North Sea. Before going to the law school, inmates are paraded through the streets from the prison to the Execution Dock, under the supervision of a general. The Royal Navy with the masses of people. In the judgment execution area and on the streets, Londoners often gather in large numbers to monitor the process of escorting and execution. Men and women, old and young, and even children - all gathered in a huge crowd wanting to see the pirate hang to death. While serving his sentence, the inmates enjoy the last boon of drinking a beer at a pub called The Turks Head Inn, now a coffee shop. In addition, the pirate will have the opportunity to "say the last word" to the mass of people present at the court. A 1795 inscription depicts the pirate hanging at the Execution Dock.



To make the pirates clearly feel the pain before death, the noose on the gallows was shorter than usual enough to prevent a criminal from dying immediately from a broken neck when Instead, the offender will feel the slow approaching death due to the tightening of the rope to his neck. In this process, the offender will not be able to breathe, struggle, writhing in pain before dying, and the execution of the hanging sentence always takes place at low tide. After the inmate has completed the death penalty, people will wait until the high tide three times to "scrub" the pirates' bodies before descending. will be "on display" in iron cages and left intact on shelves for longer periods of time to warn everyone who is thinking of becoming pirates. For example, in the case of the infamous pirate, Captain William Kidd, executed in 1701 for murder and looting at sea, Kidd's body hangs in iron cages for three years as an example for other pirates. Pub Prospect of Whitby. However, not so that piracy declined. By the 18th century, pirates had grown so rapidly that it was almost impossible to escort the pirates who had fallen to London for execution due to lack of manpower and economic decline.



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