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not so painful as that of the rack inflicted in England up to the beginning of the 17th century;- Scotland up to the end of the 19th century, and, in other parts of Europe, up to a still later period. But whatever the real character of this Chinese torture may be, it is obviously part of the ordinary judicial procedure, for it was inflicted in open Court, and without the slightest attempt at concealment; and appeared to impress the bystanders less than what even the spectators of the four Englishmen of our party. I have thought it my duty only just to Mr Hewlett to bear testimony, as an eye-witness, to the fidelity of his report. But I am aware that, so far as the question of extradition from Hongkong is concerned, it has now been decided by the definite
has been called "the mental torture of cross-examination" in an English Court of Justice. Moreover, the Judges and their officers appeared wholly indifferent to the presence - Wituper not Prisoners. Run