Notes and Commentaries on Chinese Criminal Law, and Cognate Topics: With Special Relation to Ruling Cases. Together with a Brief Excursus on the Law of Property, Chiefly Founded on the Writings of the Late Sir Chaloner Alabaster ...Luzac & Company, 1899 - 677 pages |
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Page xix
... prisons — prisoners jailers . Fines and forfeitures do . IV Punishments countenanced but not legally recognised . exposure until death . castration . . Undue punishment 72 76 78 78 80 . 80 CHAPTER III Section I Page COMMUTATION AND ...
... prisons — prisoners jailers . Fines and forfeitures do . IV Punishments countenanced but not legally recognised . exposure until death . castration . . Undue punishment 72 76 78 78 80 . 80 CHAPTER III Section I Page COMMUTATION AND ...
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... prisoners is a blot which cannot be overlooked , although the punishment for treason and parricide is monstrous , and the punishment of the wooden collar or portable pillory is not to be defended , yet the Code when its procedure is ...
... prisoners is a blot which cannot be overlooked , although the punishment for treason and parricide is monstrous , and the punishment of the wooden collar or portable pillory is not to be defended , yet the Code when its procedure is ...
Page lxvi
... prisoner is sentenced to what is called the ' lingering ' death ' of being cut to pieces : in grave cases of treason the sentence may be aggravated by reason of the prisoner's relations being involved in the penalty of the crime when ...
... prisoner is sentenced to what is called the ' lingering ' death ' of being cut to pieces : in grave cases of treason the sentence may be aggravated by reason of the prisoner's relations being involved in the penalty of the crime when ...
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... prisoner's father was killed while in the act of thieving , and the prisoner on reaching man's estate killed the slayer , although the latter had expiated the offence by serving his term of penal servitude . The plea for commutation was ...
... prisoner's father was killed while in the act of thieving , and the prisoner on reaching man's estate killed the slayer , although the latter had expiated the offence by serving his term of penal servitude . The plea for commutation was ...
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... prisoner refuses to admit the justice of his conviction , the punishment due his offence cannot be carried out until he does so , and the application C. E. G. 2 of more severe forms of torture is permitted ( H. EMPLOYMENT OF TORTURE 17 ...
... prisoner refuses to admit the justice of his conviction , the punishment due his offence cannot be carried out until he does so , and the application C. E. G. 2 of more severe forms of torture is permitted ( H. EMPLOYMENT OF TORTURE 17 ...
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