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THE FLoGGiNG CASE AT HoUNsLow. The
inquiry into this painful case closed on Mon
day, the jury returning the following verdict :
That the deceased soldier, Fredenck John
White, died on the lth Of July, l846, from the
mortal effects Of a severe and cruel fogging of
$50 lashes, which he received on the | 5th June
1876, at the Cavalry Barracks, on Hounslow-
heath, Heston that the said fogging was in
ficted on his back and neck, under the sentence
of district couft-martial, composed Of officers
of the 7th Regiment of Hussars, held on the
i0thof June previous, duly constituted for his
trial That the said court-martial was author
lied by law to pass the said severe and cruel
sentence; thar the fogging was inflicted upon
him by two farriers, in the presence of John
James White the lieut. colonel, and James Low
Warren, the surgeon Of the said regiment; and
that so and by means Of the said hogxing the
death Of the said Frederick John White was
causedo In returning this verdict, the jury
cannot refrain from expressing their horror and
disgust at the existence amongst the statutes or
regulations of this realm which permits the re-
voting punishment Of fogging to be inflicted
upon British soldiers at the same time the
jury implore every man in the kingdom to join,
hand and heart, in forwarding peli,ions to the
Legislature, praying, in the most urgent terms,
for the abolition Of every law, srder, and regu-
lation which permits the disgraceful practice
Of fogging to remain one moment longer slur
upon the humanity and fair name Of the peo-
pie Of this country.


Boston Sun.