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The black sheep usually doesn't follow the crowd because every once in a while, the crowd is literally going the wrong way in mass

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 The black sheep usually doesn't follow the crowd because every once in a while, the crowd is literally going the wrong way in mass   The black sheep usually doesn't follow the crowd because every once in a while, the crowd is literally going the wrong way in mass  It takes a black sheep to stand out and say, 'Hey, I think we're headed off a cliff here!' They may be labeled as outcasts or rebels, but in reality, they're the ones who are brave enough to challenge the status quo and forge their own path. Let's celebrate the black sheep in our lives - the ones who inspire us to think differently, to question the norms, and to embrace our individuality.
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THE HALIFAX GIBBET GUILLOTINE.

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 THE HALIFAX GIBBET GUILLOTINE.

HALIFAX. WEST YORKSHIRE WAS A TOWN ONCE FEARED BY CRIMINALS FOR ITS USE OF CAPITAL PUNISHMENT 





In Halifax Town Centre is the Halifax Gibbet Guillotine .
Long before the French Revolutionaries adopted the execution device known as the guillotine,  a similar device was in use in Halifax in West Yorkshire.  
Halifax was once part of the Manor of Wakefield,  where ancient custom and law gave the Lord of the Manor the authority to execute summarily by decapitation any theif caught with stolen goods to the value of 13p or more or who confessed to having stolen goods of at least that value, the law was swift and unforgiving and its notoriety spead throughout the country.  

HALIFAX WAS NOT THE PLACE TO STEAL. 

The Halifax Gibbet guillotine operated by either cutting the rope holding up the blade or by pulling out a pin which prevented it falling. 

If the offender was to be executed for stealing a animal,  the end of the rope was fastened to the pin holding the blade in place and tied to the animal which was then driven off causing the pin to pull out and the blade to drop. Otherwise the bailiff of the Lord of the Manor or his servant cut the rope. 

The Halifax Gibbet guillotine was only used on market days,  this would ensure that many people were in the town to witness the grim bloody executions and the hope was that the fearsome sight of the Halifax gibbet guillotine  would act as a deterrent to those who might have considered a life of crime.    . 

If a condemned prisoner escaped on the day of his/her execution and crossed the town boundary, then the person was safe as long as the condemned never returned to Halifax.  

In 1616, John Lacey did escape on his day of execution and he returned seven years later in 1623, he was recognised and arrested and then  executed on the Halifax gibbet guillotine.

Between 1541 to 1650 the official records show that 53 people (men and women) were executed by the Halifax Gibbet guillotine. 

It was last used to execute two criminals on 30th April 1650 . The Guillotine remained in use until Oliver Cromwell forbade capital punishment for petty theft. 

The orginal Guillotine blade is on display at the Halifax Bankfield Museum. 
The orginal Gibbet Guillotine orginally stood at the junction of Gibbet Street and Cow Green but it was moved a hundred yards away .

The area around the gibbet is reported of being supposedly haunted by the ghosts of criminals who were once executed there by the guillotine ! 

The Halifax Gibbet Guillotine.

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