Was Hanged for the murder of her son in law.She and her Husband conspired with
their daughter to murder her husband by poisoning him.Gilettewas hanged on a
cross set up on a scaffolding.But first she was brought to watch the death of
her husband in like manner after which he was placed on the wheel and all his
bones broken.Data Tanguay as translated by Demers.Book Titled Searching through
the old records of New France.
[Schlarb1.FBK] The criminal was usually clad in a long shirt which the executioner raised at the sleeves and at the hem up to the thighs, to secure the prisoner at each joint onto the cross. His head was lain on a stone and turned toward the heavens. The first phase of the punishment was a beating to break the extremities. The executioner armed himself with a metal pipe, one and a half inch in diameter, with a ball on one end which served as a handle. With this weapon, he would strike an arm and a leg two times each. Then striding the body, he would break the two remaining extremities with two blows each. Lastly, he would give three more blows on the chest. The condemned was thus struck a total of eleven times with the bar. It was impossible to break the spinal column, as it was protected by the back of the cross. The second phase of the punishment was the exposure on the wheel. The criminal's body was carried to a small carriage wheel which had been prepared by removing the hub or nave. It was then placed horizontally on a pivot. The executioner, after having bent the criminal's thighs underneath, in such a fashion that his heels would touch the back of his head, tied him to the rim of the wheel. The condemned remained exposed in this fashion for a specified amount of time. The punishment of the wheel was never applied to women "because of the decency due to their sex". It was often indicated by a clause of provision that the condemned was secretly strangled as soon as he was placed on the wheel. To this end, a winch was affixed at the top of the scaffold from which a rope ran down, circled around the victim's neck, and ran up again to the winch. With the help of levers operated by two men, the rope rolled around the winch, tightened and strangled the victim. Jacques Bertault was fortunate that he had faced a group of men on the Sovereign Council who were merciful. He was sentenced to be hanged first, therefore the torture was purely symbolic. The criminal was usu ally clad in a long shirt which the executioner raised at the sleeves and at the hem up to the thighs, to secure the prisoner at each joint onto the cross. His head was lain on a stone and turned toward the heavens. The first phase of the punishment was a beating to break the extremities. The executioner armed himself with a metal pipe, one and a half inch in diameter, with a ball on one end which served as a handle. With this weapon, he would strike an arm and a leg two times each. Then striding the body, he would break the two remaining extremities with two blows each. Lastly, he would give three more blows on the chest. The condemned was thus struck a total of eleven times with the bar. It was impossible to break the spinal column, as it was protected by the back of the cross. The second phase of the punishment was the exposure on the wheel. The criminal's body was carried to a small carriage wheel which had been prepared by removing the hub or nave. It was then placed horizontally on a pivot. The executioner, after having bent the criminal's thighs underneath, in such a fashion that his heels would touch the back of his head, tied him to the rim of the wheel. The condemned remained exposed in this fashion for a specified amount of time. The punishment of the wheel was never applied to women "because of the decency due to their sex". It was often indicated by a clause of provision that the condemned was secretly strangled as soon as he was placed on the wheel. To this end, a winch was affixed at the top of the scaffold from which a rope ran down, circled around the victim's neck, and ran up again to the winch. With the help of levers operated by two men, the rope rolled around the winch, tightened and strangled the victim. Jacques Bertault was fortunate that he had faced a group of men on the Sovereign Council who were merciful. He was sentenced to be hanged first, therefore the torture was purely symbolic. READ ABOUT ISABELLE IN HER NOTES
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Gillette Banne & spouse #1 Marin Chauvin had 1 child Gillette Banne & spouse #2 Jacques Bertault had 6 children
