Connecticut’s history of crime and punishment during the 1800s is worth revisiting. One word can aptly describe the punishment imposed on perpetrators in the first half of that century — cruel.

Federal customs collectors and members of the state militia tried to stop the smuggling. One day in 1808, they cornered the smugglers who used the infamous boat the Black Snake. Shots rang out, and ...

Crime and Punishment: A Look Inside the Old Jail (Chambersburg, PA) Story by Get Lost In The USA ... In the early 1800s, prisoners were locked up in whatever clothes they arrived in.