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11/30/1639 |
Edward Palmer is sentenced to placed in the stocks. |
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05/13/1640 |
James Luxford is found guilty of “forgery, lying and other foul offences.” |
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1641 |
William Hatchet is found guilty of “Beastuality” |
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1643 |
Anne Clarke is allowed to divorce her husband, Denis. |
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1643 |
Two lovers are hanged for adultery. |
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03/31/1644 |
Mary Latham, 18, is hanged for murder on Boston Common. |
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04/09/1644 |
Town gallows is erected on Boston Common. |
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1644 |
Town Watch House is established |
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1645 |
William Hudson returns from England to find his wife accused of adultery. |
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05/31/1646 |
Pirate Captain Thomas Cromwell arrives in Boston. |
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