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-murderous robbery; and it is seareely creditable to us that a considerable number of _ such should have, as there
is no moral doubt they have, escaped altogether from justice by using refuge.
as a
1.26.
this
Colony
As to the Chinese
Judicial system it must-
us
always appear to me as one"
Eve
devised rather to bring certain punishment to crime than
to reveal innocence.
But
however
But tortion
a view
setting Ende
however
in some
of
repulsive in it's features, it is probably better adapted to the peculiar conditions present in China
other that is practiceably
any
than and in view of the prevalence of Secret Societies formed for the protection of criminals, of the terrible punishments which they
mete out to informere,
and the utter absence of mome"
courage in witnesses; it is, I think, to say the least doubtful whether the severe requirements
of