This is another dreadful punishment which is still in vogue in some
places. The prisoner is taken and handcuffed, his hands slipped over
in front of his knees and sometimes a stick passed through just under
his knees and over his wrists, his mouth opened ofttimes by force, and
filled with a large cork or piece of wood, and left in this condition
until life is almost extinct. This punishment is serious and is apt to
make the prisoner revengeful instead of making him feel that he has
been justly punished.