The Town of Paisley: Historical SketchDaily express, 1878 - 129 pages |
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... stocks for a whole day ; and , if he were twice convicted , he was to be banished the town . The first notice that we find of coal in Paisley is in a charter of one of the Stewarts , dated 1294. In 1653 , the Town Council enacted that ...
... stocks for a whole day ; and , if he were twice convicted , he was to be banished the town . The first notice that we find of coal in Paisley is in a charter of one of the Stewarts , dated 1294. In 1653 , the Town Council enacted that ...
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... stocks from ten till twelve , and the younger portion of them sentenced to be taken to the Market Cross with a paper on each of their heads , on which was written the nature of their crime , and whipped by the parents to the effu- sion ...
... stocks from ten till twelve , and the younger portion of them sentenced to be taken to the Market Cross with a paper on each of their heads , on which was written the nature of their crime , and whipped by the parents to the effu- sion ...
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... stocks at the Cross , and fined five pounds . " " In 1612 , the Town Council resolved to erect an hospital or almshouse . The materials for the building were taken from a ruinous chapel at the head of Castle Street . The hospital was ...
... stocks at the Cross , and fined five pounds . " " In 1612 , the Town Council resolved to erect an hospital or almshouse . The materials for the building were taken from a ruinous chapel at the head of Castle Street . The hospital was ...
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... stocks at the Cross during the bailies ' pleasure , for saying that they had passed a wrong judg . ment upon him . On the 5th April , 1647 , John Dickie , wright , was sentenced to be kept in the stocks till he paid twenty pounds Scots ...
... stocks at the Cross during the bailies ' pleasure , for saying that they had passed a wrong judg . ment upon him . On the 5th April , 1647 , John Dickie , wright , was sentenced to be kept in the stocks till he paid twenty pounds Scots ...
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... stocks , and to be fined £ 100 Scots , with im- prisonment till payment , which would be im- prisonment as long as the authorities might think fit . In 1700 the population of the town was 2000 . The year 1701 was long remembered as a ...
... stocks , and to be fined £ 100 Scots , with im- prisonment till payment , which would be im- prisonment as long as the authorities might think fit . In 1700 the population of the town was 2000 . The year 1701 was long remembered as a ...
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