From the Richmond Dispatch, 12/4/1862, p. 1, c. 5

Corporeal Punishment. – Three inmates of Castle Thunder were afflicted with the strapade yesterday to the extent of a dozen lashes each, for robbery, knocking out a man's eye with a poker, and a violent assault on an old man — all of which offences were committed inside of the prison.

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