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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... strangulation do . Page 59 - 59 60 61 . . 62 Self - execution . subject to revision . 62 Improper execution . Section III - Other forms of punishment transportation penal servitude - bamboo cangue perpetual fetters iron bar • branding ...
... strangulation do . Page 59 - 59 60 61 . . 62 Self - execution . subject to revision . 62 Improper execution . Section III - Other forms of punishment transportation penal servitude - bamboo cangue perpetual fetters iron bar • branding ...
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... strangulation . But it must ever be borne in mind that few of these sentences are actually executed , for in nearly every case a capital sentence must , before it is carried out , be submitted to the Board at Peking for revision ...
... strangulation . But it must ever be borne in mind that few of these sentences are actually executed , for in nearly every case a capital sentence must , before it is carried out , be submitted to the Board at Peking for revision ...
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... strangulation , and the information or complaint is to be destroyed . Certain classes of persons are prohibited , either totally or partially , from laying complaints or informations . Crime , age , infirmity and sex are the usual ...
... strangulation , and the information or complaint is to be destroyed . Certain classes of persons are prohibited , either totally or partially , from laying complaints or informations . Crime , age , infirmity and sex are the usual ...
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... strangulation without reference ( H. A. H. L vol . XXIV . p . 48 ) . An incongruous case is that of Chang Wên - kuang ; the principal therein murdered his slave , and escaped with 70 blows and one year's transportation : the accomplices ...
... strangulation without reference ( H. A. H. L vol . XXIV . p . 48 ) . An incongruous case is that of Chang Wên - kuang ; the principal therein murdered his slave , and escaped with 70 blows and one year's transportation : the accomplices ...
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... strangulation , strangulation without appeal is considered heavier than decapitation subject to revision at the Autumn Assize ( H. A. H. L. vol . XXIII . p . 58 ) . The above question seems to have arisen in two instances in the reign ...
... strangulation , strangulation without appeal is considered heavier than decapitation subject to revision at the Autumn Assize ( H. A. H. L. vol . XXIII . p . 58 ) . The above question seems to have arisen in two instances in the reign ...
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