... And here is an example of the Law in Connecticut, USA, in 1786:
(Kentish Gazette 17-20 January 1786 page 3 column 3 reports:
"An Act against and for the punishment of Adultery in Connecticut.
"Be it enacted by the Governor, Council and Representatives in General Court assembled and by the authority of the same, that whosoever shall commit adultery with a married woman, and be therefore convicted before the superior court, both of them shall be severely punished, by whipping on the naked body and stigmatized, or burnt on the forehead with the letter "A" with a hot iron, and each shall wear an halter about their necks on the outside of their garments during their abode in this state, so as it be visible; and as often as either of them shall be found without halters worn as aforesaid they shall upon information and proof of the same made
before an Assistant or Justice of Peace, be by him ordered to be whipped, not exceeding 30 stripes"
"The above is one of the good wholesome laws made in the Connecticut State in the May Sessions 1784."
