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PUNISHMENT (contd.)

wife of transported offender, how dealt
with, 67

Countenanced but not legally recognised, 78-80
castration, when, 80

how inflicted, 80

exposure until death, described, 78-80
illegal, why resorted to, 79
inhuman, yet justifiable, 79

Undue punishment, 80-82
considerations touching, 80

animus, an important point, 80
strife or anger, result of, 81

vulnerable part, punishment on too, 82

Punishments, Board of (v. Judiciary Board)
RAPE, 359-366

essentials to constitute, 359

penalty, 361

scope of offence, 359

attempted, 364-366

'child', definition of, 365
cutting and wounding, 364
fumbling, where merely, 364
miscarriage, causing, 365

children, distinctions touching, 362

ten years of age, under, 362

twelve do.

do., 362

consent, considerations touching, 360

misconduct, effect of victim's previous, 361

mourning, during a period of, 366

officials, by, 366

successive rape, 363

attempted, 365

exhaustion, victim dies from, 363

murder, aggravated by, 363

penalty for, 363

RAPE (contd.)

successive rape, what, 363
Rebellion (v. Treason, etc.)

Receivers of stolen property (v. Larceny)
RELATIONSHIP, 143-216

a curious subject, 143

not easy of concentration, 143
wide-reaching importance of, 146
reason of, 145
degrees of, 144-145

mourning worn for whom, 144-145
perplexing in number, 144
General influence, 146-153

between seniors and juniors, 146-148
in cases of injury and killing, 146–148
between juniors and seniors, 148-153
in cases of injury and killing, 148-149
junior in an unpleasant position, 148
bringing a charge, 149–150

in cases of strife, 150

do. do. theft, 151

do.

do. responsibility for crime, 151–152
do. do. attending the Examinations, 153
ignorance of existence of, effect of, 151

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(v. Brothers; Fathers and Mothers-in-law etc.;
Husband and Wife; Master and Pupil; Master and
Servant and Slaves; Parent and Child; Uncles and
Aunts etc.; Wet-nurse and child also substantive
offences, Assault, Homicide, Larceny, etc. etc.)
RELIGION, AND OFFENCES AGAINST, 521-540
law concerning is rather scanty, 525
persuasions recognised, 521

Buddhism, position of, 522

Confucianism, do. 522

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State Ritual, described, 522-523

'by law established', in a sense, 522

RELIGION, ETC. (contd.)

Taoism, position of, 522

toleration, the Chinese State view regarding,
explained, 523

objections to foreign creeds based on the law, 524
and enforced according to law, 525

(v. specific offences

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Dead, offences against the;
Heresy; Religious procedure, offences against; etc. etc.)
'RELIGIOUS', MEANING OF, IN CHINESE LAW, 84
RELIGIOUS PROCEDURE, OFFENCES

529-532

gist of offence, 529

is danger to the State, 529

for example, 529

varieties of, 530-532

Imperial sacrifices, concerning, 531

AGAINST,

violation of oath of abstinence, etc., 531
pilgrimages, organising, 530

Salvation Army would be in danger, 530
private incantations, practising, 530

RESCUE, 514-516

grave offence, a, 514

numbers of rescuers, distinctions regarding, 515

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or previous thereto, 515

rescuer, position of, distinctions regarding, 516
RESISTING ARREST, 516-520

offence of offender resisting, distinctions regard-
ing, 517-518

whether an offence has been committed or

not, 517

distinctions regarding, 517

ordinary person, resisting an, 517

categories of ordinary persons, 517

RESISTING ARREST (contd.)

distinctions taken from larceny illustrating, 518
peace officer, resisting a, 517, 519

may be less serious than to resist an ordinary
person, 519

reason for, 520

Responsibility for death, indirect (v. Homicide)
RESPONSIBILITY FOR OCCURRENCE OF CRIME, Intro.
pp. LXX-LXXII

characteristic evil, a, LXX

limitations on doctrine, attempts to place, LXXI
REVISION, 22-29

Generally, 22-27

approval of sentence, 23
circulars, 26

circumstances to be submitted in detail, 24

disapproval of sentence, 23

doubt as to what article applies, 26

doubt whether mitigation allowable, 25

firmness of Board in upholding decision, 27

judgment contrary to evidence, how treated, 25
judgments, false, how treated, 25

justificatory circumstances, consideration of, 24
mitigation, power of recommending, 24
opposition of Board to his Imperial Majesty, 27
penalty incorrect, how treated, 23

Provincial Authorities, attitude of, 23

do.

report to Board, 22

, tersely dealt with, 24

theory of Board differs from evidence

submitted, 25

unprecedented features, how treated, 26
Revision of capital sentences, 27-29

procedure concerning, 28-29

submission of, 28

'At the Autumn Assize', 28-29

RIDICULE, CHINESE SYSTEM NOT A SUBJECT FOR,

Intro. p. LXXII

RIOT, ETC., 452-454

crowd, what is a, 452

disturbance, calculated to create; treatment
when, 453

official authority, assemblages in forcible opposition
to; 453

numbers, effect of, 454

official, effect of killing or wounding an, 454
riot, distinctions regarding, 452

a question of aggravation, 452

unarmed gathering of rowdies, treatment of, 453
mitigation, where subject to, 453

unlawful assemblages, distinctions regarding, 452
RIVER EMBANKMENTS, DAMAGING, 489

ROMAN LAW, ANALOGY BETWEEN CHINESE AND,
App. II

not to be pressed too closely, App. II
SACRILEGE, 532-533

extraneous considerations touching, little regard
paid to, 532

varieties of, 532

altars or mounds, damaging or destroying, 553
do. do., gateway to, do.

, 553
Imperial sacrifices, larceny of articles used in, 532
discarding or destroying such articles, 532

Salt watchers, Private (v. Police etc.)

SEDITION, 473–476

penalty for, 474

what, 473

comprehensiveness of the term, 474
examples of, 474

merger into another offence, 474

Unlawful societies, 475

conspiracy bound by oath, phrase for, 476

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