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Peter James Bossy, who was convicted of "wilful and corrupt perjury" in 1830, was offered the choice of seven years' penal transportation or one hour in the pillory. How bad was the pillory that those punishments were even considered comparable?
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Peter James Bossy, who was convicted of "wilful and corrupt perjury" in 1830, was offered the choice of seven years' penal transportation or one hour in the pillory. How bad was the pillory that those punishments were even considered comparable?
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