| E. Cobham Brewer 1810–1897. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898. |
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By this law, whoever commits theft in the liberty of Halifax is to be executed on the Halifax gibbet, a kind of guillotine. | 1 |
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| “At Hallifax the law so sharpe doth deale. |
| That whoso more than thirteen pence doth steale, |
| They have a jyn that wondrous quick and well |
| Sends thieves all headless into heaven or hell.” | |
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Taylor (the Water Poet): Works, ii. (1630). |
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