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Each year, on the last Sunday of January the Kings Army hold a parade to commemorate the execution of Charles I. The march is along the Mall in London and the parade is on Horseguards Parade. These photos show the participants in 2012.
detail, the execution of Joan of Arc
the story of Joan of Arc tapestry series
created 1905 -
Jean-Paul Laurens designer
woven in silk and wool at the Gobelins Manufactory
California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco
gift of the French Republic to the Museum
Previously exhibited at the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exhibition in San Francisco
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Since when did tweeting about an execution become socially acceptable. Yes, the now deceased was a horrid murder, but when is it okay to publicize the act in such a manner. But by the way, thanks for the update?
My friend Cristen put a caption on this photo I took at my high school's Holiday Fair...thingy, from 2001. It's when elementary school kids come and we give them SUPER FUN TIMES!!! Or attempt to.
The Town of Bedlam: Scene 68
[Yanlin] Thank you for coming. The Queen is holding court. Wait in the back and she'll be with you shortly.
[Chunshan] Yesterday we spoke with your accuser. He told this court that you ran out of his store carrying a 50 pound bag of rice without paying for it. He brought two witnesses who both claimed they saw you do it. He showed us video footage of your crime. How do you plead?
[Hung] I beg the Queen for mercy.
[Queen Ming] Mercy you ask for? Have I not already done so twice before? The first time I gave you a warning by taking one of your hands. Last time I took your other hand for stealing also. I have shown you mercy but you continuously throw it right back at me. My goodness has it's limits, and we must set an example for everyone to follow.
[Fang] *slice* I love how this sword slices through flesh like butter.
[Heng] My Queen, Tex has arrived.
[Tex] That feller was as yellow as mustard but without the bite.
[Queen Ming] Just the person I wanted to see. Are you hungry? Let's go next door and enjoy our Chinese New Year's feast. I prefer to talk business while eating.
hey Proud Commie murderers... yes you help start the 100 plus million innocents killed by a political party record..... that wins gold at the murderers Olympics...
Execution platform in Alanya's innermost castle walls. The executed person bounces down the rocks for 700 feet before landing in the turquoise sea. When I stepped on to the platform a sudden gust of wind almost pushed me over the edge, but some instinct made me reach behind me and grab the stair railing. Recently a railing has been placed around the platform. When I left the castle I noticed the wind had blown over the castle's sign. Examining the uprooted posts that supported the sign I determined that it had been standing for years. A04 Close_to_the_Edge
Anyone seen this alert before? My guess is that it's the result of some new monthly Windows update...
"Execution of Justice" by Emily Mann (U of M Alumna 1976), directed by Dominic Taylor. Performed April 16 - 24, 2010 in Rarig Center's Proscenium Theatre.
Photos by Cody Baldwin
The idea was great. The execution.....fail! lol
Maybe not a complete failure, because I think these four shots of Alma came out lovely. I wanted snow falling but it was too windy and Alma and I are both frozen! lol
At least Papa didn't make her go out without a wrap. I bought red ribbon at Hallmark and think it made a simple and chic wrap for her.
Wearing another winning Creation from House of Pinku Couture, called "Baby Jane Hudson"
Who wouldn't love a dress with a name like that? Love you Julie!
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January 2023.
Visit to Museum of London Docklands to see the 'Executions' exhibition. The first publicly recorded executions at Tyburn was in 1196; the last public execution in 1868. By the end of the 18th century over 200 crimes were punishable by death.
On the evening of July 24, 1856, the Vigilance Committee had another case on their hands which called for immediate action.
Joseph Hetherington, a well-known desperate character with a previous record, picked a quarrel with Dr. Randal in the lobby of the St. Nicholas Hotel. They both drew their revolvers and shot; after the second report the doctor dropped and Hetherington, stooping, shot again, striking the prostrate form in the head, rendering the victim almost unconscious. He died the next morning.
The shooting was brought about through Randal's inability to repay money borrowed from Hetherington on a mortgage on real estate.
Hetherington, who was captured by the police, had been turned over to the Committee by whom he was tried, the Committee going into session immediately after the shooting, found him guilty of murder and sentenced him to be hanged.Photo of company of Committee of Vigilance sharpshooters
We were again called out on the 29th and were stationed so as to command the situation. This time a gallows was erected on Davis street, between Sacramento and Commercial.
Another man, Philander Brace by name, was also to be hanged at the same time, and at about 5:30 in the afternoon of July 29th they were both conveyed in carriages, strongly guarded, to the execution grounds. Hetherington had previously proclaimed his innocence, claiming that the Doctor had shot first and he had simply shot in self-defense, but his previous record was bad, he having killed a Doctor Baldwin in 1853 and had run a gambling joint on Long Wharf, and eye witnesses claimed that he not only provoked but shot first.
Brace was of a different nature, he was a hardened criminal of a low type. The charge against him being the killing of Captain J. B. West about a year previous, out in the Mission, and of murdering his accomplice. He had also confessed to numerous other crimes.
HANGING OF HETHERINGTON AND BRACE.
Thousands of people were on the house-tops and in windows and on every available spot from which a view of the gallows was to be had. The prisoners mounted the scaffold, being accompanied by three Vigilance Committee officers who acted as executioners and a Rev. Mr. Thomas. After the noose had been adjusted, Hetherington addressed the crowd, claiming to be innocent and ready to meet his Maker. Brace, every once in a while, interrupted him, using terrible and vulgar language. The caps were adjusted, the ropes cut and the two dropped into eternity. They were left hanging 40 minutes, after which the bodies were removed by the Committee to their rooms and afterwards turned over to the Coroner. They were both young men—Hetherington 35, a native of England, had been in California since 1850, while Brace was but 21, a native of Onandaigua County, N. Y.
Each year, on the last Sunday of January the Kings Army hold a parade to commemorate the execution of Charles I. The march is along the Mall in London and the parade is on Horseguards Parade. These photos show the participants in 2012.
The Execution of Admiral Byng, 14 March 1757.
"A painting showing the execution of Admiral the Hon. John Byng by firing squad, on the quarterdeck of his former flagship, 'Monarch', at Portsmouth, after he was found guilty by court-martial of failing to do his utmost in preventing the French capture of Minorca in 1756, at the start of the Seven Years War.
Byng had been ordered to sail from England to Gibraltar with ten ships to land reinforcements for the garrison there. He was then to pursue the French fleet, which he learnt had sailed from Toulon under the command of the Duc de Richelieu and had captured Minorca, an important British-held island at the time. The French had taken the whole island with the exception of the fortress and castle of St. Philip where the British commandant, General Blakeney, and a small force were besieged. When Byng informed the Lords of the Admiralty of this he also criticized the wretched condition of the ships under his command, the neglected state of the magazines and storehouses at Gibraltar, and the general lack of facilities to refit the fleet for serious action.
Byng's subsequent engagement with Richelieu was inconclusive, as many such events of the time were for various unexceptional reasons. However, he compounded initial failure by accepting the subsequent opinion of a council of war of his commanders, that nothing further could be attempted given the state of the fleet. This left the French to secure the surrender of Blakeney's force and their hold on the island. The result was Byng's arrest and imprisonment at Greenwich Hospital prior to a month-long trial at Portsmouth in which, in effect, he was made a scapegoat for government failure to send out a force adequate to the task, and under a more experienced fighting commander. Contemporary accounts reveal that he bore the trial and sentence with great fortitude. It took place on board the 'St George' under the presidency of Commodore Thomas Smith (1707-62) who on 27 January 1757, and as required by the Articles of War, pronounced sentence on him after he was he was found guilty of neglect of duty for not doing his utmost to take, sink, burn and destroy the enemy ships. The court none the less made a strong recommendation for clemency on the grounds of Byng's personal courage in the action but George II refused to grant it. On Monday, 14 March 1757, all the men-of-war at Spithead were ordered to send their boats with the captains and all the officers of each ship, accompanied with a party of marines under arms, to attend Byng's execution on the 'Monarch'. As a result there was a prodigious number of other boats round the ship, although the painting gives no indication of this.
The scene is viewed from the break of the quarterdeck, aft to the coach and mizzen mast, but with no sign of the wheel. To the left of the mast the firing party of nine marines is drawn up in three lines. The first is shown on one knee and firing, the second is standing and firing, and the third has muskets grounded. A halberdier stands behind them. Their officer is in the left foreground, his hat under his left arm, with his back to the viewer. To his left is a group of senior officers and officials. In the background, behind the firing party, is a row of what appear to be junior officers.
To the right of the mast Admiral Byng is shown in full-dress uniform, blindfolded and kneeling on a cushion, facing the firing party. He had wanted to have his face uncovered but his friends felt eye contact might intimidate the marines and prevent them from taking aim properly. He allegedly threw his hat on the deck, knelt on a cushion, tied one white handkerchief over his eyes and dropped the other as a signal for his executioners, who fired a volley. In the painting he has just dropped the handkerchief from his right hand as the signal to fire. In the right foreground a man facing away from the viewer holds a scroll that is probably the execution order. On the right two of the admiral's supporters are shown in tears. One is thought to be George Lawrence, Byng's secretary, to whom he had just given his watch.
A contemporary engraving by Bowles shows a similar scene, although Byng is not in uniform. The origin of the painting is unclear and although it is traditionally thought to be the original from which the engraving was taken, it is in fact more likely that the painting was made from the engraving, since contemporary accounts state that Byng wore a light grey coat at his execution. The episode provoked the French writer Voltaire's famous remark, in his novel 'Candide', that in England 'it is thought good to kill an admiral from time to time to encourage the others'. Scarcely less memorable, if less known, is the bald line in the Master of the 'Monarch's' log recording the execution: 'at 12 Mr Byng was shot dead by 6 Marines and put into his coffin'. To that extent at least the painting seems accurately to reflect the facts. An unnamed seaman, who attended Byng at his execution and testified (as did others) to the bravery with which he met his fate, was still alive as a Greenwich Pensioner as late as 1835."
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"14th March 1757 Admiral Sir John Byng is executed following a court Martial that found him guilty of "Failing to do his upmost"
Byng had been sent to relieve the Island of Minorca in April 1756 which was under attack by the French. He noted to the Admiralty that he had been given neither the time nor money to prepare properly and that his fleet was not in the best of condition and short handed.
He managed to get his ships fully crewed before leaving for Gibraltar. Here the governor refused to reinforce Byngs squadron and he was also forced to land his Marines to take on board the soldiers required to relieve the garrison on Minorca.
He arrived off Minorca on the 19th May and attempted to contact the Garrison. On the 20th he fought and inconclusive action with the French and 4 days later decided after a council of war to return to Gibraltar concluding that the Island was already lost to the French. Whilst at Gibraltar he was summoned back to England where he was placed in custody awaiting Court Martial.
The Garrison on Minorca held out until the 29th June.
The Court Martial commenced on 28th December and concluded 4 weeks later on the 27th January. Whilst cleared of Cowardice Byng was found guilty of failing to do his upmost to relieve the Island of Minorca.
He was convicted under the articles of War (A set of regulations drawn up to govern the conduct of a Britain's military in the wake of the Glorious Revolution) which had been altered 10 years before following the execution of Lieutenant Baker Philips.
Philips had been found guilt following the loss of his ship HMS Anglesea. Though it was clear the the Capt and other senior officers were more culpable they had all been killed at the outset of the battle leaving Philips in Command. The Court Martial whilst finding him guilty asked for clemency due to his age and inexperience. This was not given but the fall out was to effect Byng 10 years later.
It was believed that had Philips been a Capt or more senior officer he would not have been executed. Therefore the Articles of War were amended to become one law for all, the death penalty for any officer of any rank who did not do his utmost against the enemy in battle or pursuit.
Thus on the 27th Jan 1757 once the court determined that Byng had "failed to do his utmost", it had no discretion over punishment under the Articles of War. In accordance with those Articles the court condemned Byng to death, but unanimously recommended that the Lords of the Admiralty ask King George II to exercise his royal prerogative of mercy. This the king refused and also when the 1st Sea Lord approached him he turned down the request for clemency again.
There were several other attempts but these were all turned down so that on the 14th May 1757 aboard HMS Monarch Byng was executed by firing squad on the quarterdeck in the presence of all hands and men from other ships of the fleet in boats surrounding HMS Monarch. The admiral knelt on a cushion and signified his readiness by dropping his handkerchief, whereupon a squad of Royal Marines shot him dead.
The fall out from Byngs execution, with many in Parliament believing the Admiralty where, just as much at fault for the loss at Minorca, due to the poor manning and repair of the fleet, would rumble, on but Byng would remain the only Admiral to be executed.
22 years later the Articles of War were changed again with an alternative to execution being, to allow "such other punishment as the nature and degree of the offence shall be found to deserve"
In 2007, some of Byng's descendants petitioned the government for a posthumous pardon. The Ministry of Defence refused.
Members of his family to this day continue to seek a pardon.
Byng's execution has been called "the worst legalistic crime in the nation's annals". However some believe that it indirectly lead to future Naval Officers being far more tenacious and aggressive and giving the Royal Navy that edge which lead to 200 years of Naval Dominance.
Naval historian N. A. M. Rodger sums up the influence it had on the behaviour of later naval officers stating
"a culture of aggressive determination which set British officers apart from their foreign contemporaries, and which in time gave them a steadily mounting psychological ascendancy. More and more in the course of the century, and for long afterwards, British officers encountered opponents who expected to be attacked, and more than half expected to be beaten, so that the latter went into action with an invisible disadvantage which no amount of personal courage or numerical strength could entirely make up for." Jeff Hancock
On the other hand, "Strafford led to Execution," when Laud stretches his lawn-covered arms out of the small high window of his cell to give him a blessing as he passes along the corridor, is perfect; and the splendid scene of Richelieu in his gorgeous barge, preceding the boat containing Cinq-Mars and De Thou carried to execution by their guards, is perhaps the most dramatic semi-historical work ever done. His 1835 "Assassination of the duc de Guise at Blois" is an exacting historical study was well a dramatic insight into human nature. Other important Delaroche works include "The Princes in the Tower" and the "La Jeune Martyr" (Young female Martyr floating dead on the Tiber).
The judges who had upheld Charles's financial exactions in the Courts were arrested and imprisoned, and so was Archbishop Laud, who was beheaded in 1645. But the principal victim was Strafford. He was charged with having tried to 'subvert the fundamental laws and government of England and Ireland, and instead thereof to introduce an in March arbitrary and tyrannical government against law'. 1641 he was brought to Westminster Hall to be tried for high treason. But his accusers were at once faced with a difficult point. Strafford may have tried to 'subvert the laws'; but treason meant treason to the king, and had Strafford been a traitor to Charles? It was difficult to prove that he had, and as the trial proceeded it became clear that the verdict would be Not Guilty. But the Puritan majority in the House was determined that Strafford should die. Parliament therefore passed a special Bill of Attainder, condemning the minister to death without trial.
The Lords passed the Bill of Attainder, and it remained for the king to give or to withhold his consent. Some may think that it was Charles's duty to risk his life to defend Strafford. But the mob raged round Whitehall, howling for blood. Charles feared for the safety of the queen and his children, and he gave way. ' If my own person only were in danger', he told the Council, with tears in his eyes, 'I would gladly venture it to save Lord Strafford's life.' Three days later the earl was led to his execution in May 1641 in the presence of a crowd of 200000 people who had come to witness the end of 'Black Tom Tyrant'. No man ever died more bravely. 'I thank my God', he said, as he prepared to die, 'I am not afraid of death, but do as cheerfully put off my doublet at this time as ever I did when I went to bed.' The executioner offered to cover his eyes with a handkerchief. 'Thou shall not bind my eyes.' said Strafford, 'for I will see it done.' And so he placed his head upon the block.
This stone is a completely different style of execution and scale as the previous stone, however the celestial diagrams on this stone are actually quite similar to the narrative found on so many other stones on this Ancient Mound Site. The techniques used by this ancient celestial culture is far removed from what we have been taught that our ancient artifacts in America are suppose to look like. In America we are taught that ancient artifacts begin with the "Paleo" time period, the importance of the Clovis Point, and the mass migrations of peoples across the Bering Straight Land Mass that originally populated the North American Continent. Beginning with the first declaration from the Smithsonian Institution that all ancient mounds across the New America were of Native American Indigenous Descent beginning with the Paleo Era may have been one of the greatest errors with the advent of American Institutions originally founded by those who originally migrated across the Atlantic Ocean. As someone can quickly surmise; the artifacts found on ancient Energy Grid Mound Sites across America do not follow this narrative, not to mention the fact that this generalization of the North American Continent's deep history was most likely responsible for stunting historical progress because of these shallow and weak conclusions failing to follow the logic provided by Europeans who had and continue to find great errors in these mass conclusions of the North American Continent's Deep History Declarations by the very-young, new, and insecure American Institutions.
The more you study the micro images and the image structure on the surface of this stone; perhaps it becomes easier to decipher that this stone is actually a Celestial Navigation map of our side of the Galaxy; not following a two dimensional longitude & latitude mapping format, but using a triangular grid format following the concept of "Sacred Geometry" where our galaxy was established on a diagramed grid format based on Spherical Geometry where there are no parallel lines, and everything is measured on a circular format following the "Great Circle" Geometric concept that everything fits together like three-dimensional pieces of a spherical Pie that someone can eat; coincidentally all measured by the more than a million digits of the mathematical circular circumference constant; Pi.
All I want you to do with this photo is analyze it by attempting to count the number of curved lines and triangles you can find that are established by smaller images coming together to make larger images. Counting the triangles and curved lines on the surface of this stone is virtually impossible because it appears as if this complex diagram is explaining the physical geography of the three sections of our multi-dimensional face of our side of our galaxy.
Remember: Earth's position is within the mid-point region edge of the lower hypotenuse (lower left middle in this photo). Earth's Position in this photo is most likely following a straight line of the ochre based micro image line with the pyramidal triangle just below the line marking the center rotational portal that our modern world has come to understand as the rotational center of our galaxy. Following Einstein's theory of relativity; it is impossible to travel a straight line in space, therefore celestial navigation requiring taking into account the celestial spherical geometric curvature of space, time, and light; and this simple diagram is most likely a diagram mirroring Einstein's concept of the Universe.