A new article has been added at Newspaper Abstracts > United States > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=1710 Direct link to article: http://www.newspaperabstracts.com/link.php?id=54008 Submitted by: Gigimo Article Title: The American Weekly Mercury Article Date: October 28 1736 Article Description: Frances HAMMILTON Receives Her Punishment for Picking Pockets. Article Text: Early on Saturday morning last, a new born babe was found, wrapt up and laid in a basket, at a door in Third street, but it died soon after. The same morning, Frances HAMMILTON received her punishment for (being found out) picking pockets on the 16th instant. She was exalted above the heads of the people, to the top of the court-house steps, and her hands bound to the rails, with her face towards the whipping-post and pillory; and after she had remain'd in that situation for two hours, she was taken down and publickly whipt. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ PA-Old-News ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ NewspaperAbstracts.com - Finding our ancestors in the news! TM http://www.NewspaperAbstracts.com Also visit our other sites: http://www.AncestorsOnTheWeb.com http://www.Genealogy101.com http://www.AutumnWindz.com