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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... 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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... prisoner who has been tortured will be allowed a corresponding deduction from the punishment he is sentenced to . Thus , if the prisoner has been beaten to a jelly in the course of his trial , or , as it is technically described , has ...
... prisoner who has been tortured will be allowed a corresponding deduction from the punishment he is sentenced to . Thus , if the prisoner has been beaten to a jelly in the course of his trial , or , as it is technically described , has ...
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... prisoner , together with his nearest relations , shall hear it pronounced in open court , and that such protest as the prisoner , or his relations on his behalf , shall make at THE SENTENCE 19 The sentence delivery and record of sentence.
... prisoner , together with his nearest relations , shall hear it pronounced in open court , and that such protest as the prisoner , or his relations on his behalf , shall make at THE SENTENCE 19 The sentence delivery and record of sentence.
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... was presented , alleging that the uncle had to some extent recovered , and being now merely permanently injured , it was submitted that the prisoner was liable to transportation only . The Board declared that such 26 REVISION ETC.
... was presented , alleging that the uncle had to some extent recovered , and being now merely permanently injured , it was submitted that the prisoner was liable to transportation only . The Board declared that such 26 REVISION ETC.
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... B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L. M. N. not alphabetically , or by chance , but so that the names of those prisoners who are , in the opinion of the Board , less guilty than the others are 28 REVISION OF CAPITAL SENTENCES.
... B. C. D. E. F. G. H. I. J. K. L. M. N. not alphabetically , or by chance , but so that the names of those prisoners who are , in the opinion of the Board , less guilty than the others are 28 REVISION OF CAPITAL SENTENCES.
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