Note {107} — VII. COURTS, JUDICIAL PROCESSES, AND THE PEACE

Punishment in the "hair and skin" was especially cruel. The guilty one was flogged and his hair was wound about a stick which was then turned around and around until the hair was all pulled out. For some offences the hair was closely cut instead of being pulled out, which was, of course, much more humane. Long hair was worn by freemen as a mark of their rank.