... justice of the quorum set in motion the man dressed in leather This man, who was the executioner's assistant, "groom of the gibbet," the old charters call him, went to the prisoner, took off the stones, ... and let it go; the hand fell back The other hand, being raised, fell back likewise The groom of the gibbet seized one foot and then the other, and the heels fell back on the ground The fingers remained ... under the light of the lamp, he held the sheet close to his eyes, and in his most solemn tone read as follows:-"In the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost "This present day, the twenty-ninth...