Registered Design for an Anti-Garotting Cravat, 1862.As the crime report below demonstrates this was
Registered Design for an Anti-Garotting Cravat, 1862.As the crime report below demonstrates this was a quite necessary accessory for the Victorian gentleman. Part one – the anti-garroting cravat design.Part two – the robbery, capture of the miscreant, trial and sentencing.Part three – sentenced to 18 months in prison with hard labour which was a quite severe punishment: when they said ‘hard labour’ they really meant hard labour.Part four – part of the sentence: 36 lashes with the “cat o’ nine tails” which he was bound to remember for quite some time. Punishment in prison was more of the same. -- source link