Whipping, the most common punishment provided by law for Indian as well as other slaves, was decreed by different colonies as follows: by North Carolina, in 1741, to consist of thirty-nine lashes well laid on, for giving false testimony in court, killing any domestic animal without the owner’s consent, and for stealing, mismarking or misbranding such animals;[977] by Pennsylvania, in 1721, for making, selling or using any fireworks or firearms in Philadelphia,[978] and in 1751, for taking part in horse races or shooting matches without a license, fifteen lashes for the first offense and twenty-one for the second;[979] by New Jersey, in 1713, for stealing to the value of six pence;[980] by New York City, in 1682, for absence from their owners’ homes or plantations without ticket of leave in owners’ handwriting,[981] in 1683, ten lashes for meeting together at any place on Sunday or any other day in groups of more than four, and possessing arms, unless the owner paid six shillings in lieu of the penalty,[982] in 1713[983] and 1731,[984] thirty-nine lashes for being found in the city streets, if above the age of fourteen years, later than one hour after sunset, in 1721,[985] and 1731,[986] for gambling, in 1731, for attending a funeral in groups of more than twelve,[987] for disorderly riding through the streets,[988] and for selling “the Fish Commonly Called and known by the name of Bass” in the months of December, January and February,[989] and in 1759, for committing any nuisance in the streets;[990] by Connecticut, in 1750, forty lashes for publishing or speaking such words of and concerning any other person, which, if spoken or published by a white person, would be considered by law objectionable,[991] and for being abroad after nine o’clock at night;[992] and by Massachusetts, in 1693, for dealing in stolen goods.[993] The town of Medford, Massachusetts, ordered, in 1734, that all negro, Indian or mulatto slaves found abroad without leave and not on their masters’ business were to be punished by whipping.[994] Block Island, finally, in 1709, provided ten lashes as punishment for any negro or Indian slave abroad after nine o’clock at night.[995] Punishment by mutilation was sometimes used, especially in the southern colonies.[996] North Carolina, in 1741, provided that any slave, negro or Indian, giving false testimony in any court was to have an ear nailed to the pillory and to stand there for an hour, after which the ear was to be cut off. The other ear was then to be nailed in like manner and cut off at the expiration of an hour. By the same act the cutting off of both ears was made a partial punishment for killing horses, cattle or hogs without the consent of the owner, and for stealing, misbranding or mismarking such animals.[997]