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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Further statement of the physical powers of the authorities appears in the statement that "notwithstanding ye pecuniary Mulcts, it shall be lawful for ye President, Tutors or Professors to punish Undergraduates by Boxing, when they shall judge ye nature or circumstances of ye offence call...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: In 1769 Only President and Professors Were Allowed to Strike Freshmen--Gold Braid and Theatricals Forbidden | 3/16/1927 | See Source »

...skirts of the period. When the trap was sprung, the victim's clothing prevented her from falling completely through, but exposed her to the ministrations of two men with cat-o-nine-tails below. Thus the Empress Catherine could witness the agony of those whom she wished to punish without offending her gaze with the vulgar aspects of chastisement...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RUSSIA: Health Harangue | 2/28/1927 | See Source »

Meanwhile the new Governor of South Carolina* has done nothing more than his predecessor to punish the lynchers of the Lowman Negroes and Negress (TIME...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: LYNCHING: Georgia Justice | 2/14/1927 | See Source »

Wailing, he caused the howling cur to be led before him. A stern judge, he sentenced the ear-eating canine to fast for two days. Weeping, he cried: "Oh, sinful dog, how do I know that mine own father may not have transmigrated into thee? Lest I punish him in thee for this sin, I will fast with thee these two days...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: At Kutta Nagar | 2/7/1927 | See Source »

...Southern Ohio released Mr. Daugherty; said that the Senate was usurping judicial power. Last week the U. S. Supreme Court reversed the decision of the lower court and gave to Congress sweeping powers. In order to legislate effectively, Congress has the right to summon witnesses, compel proper testimony, punish recalcitrant witnesses-said the unanimous,* emphatic and comprehensive decision handed down by Associate Justice Van Devanter. This decision, besides authorizing the Senate to act on the case of Mally S. Daugherty, is of immediate concern to several other gentlemen: Harry F. Sinclair, who refused to answer in the oil investigations; Samuel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SUPREME COURT: Unanimously Emphatic | 1/31/1927 | See Source »

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