CO129-207 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1883 [1-3] — Page 215

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the sum powered by law bringing into force are the four forms of torture known as pinching the ears, stretching on chains, crushing the fingers, and beating the palms of the hands in a manner

The forms of torture such as double-stick, thumbscrew, cangue, and bamboo of the regulation size, which have already been incorporated in the Penal Code. The illegal forms of torture in the examination of those who may have been dragged into a case through no fault of their own, and the gratuitous and wanton harsh treatment of a prisoner under trial, resulting in his death, should as before be denounced and punished. As regards those tortures which are inflicted by the rack, suspension, beating the ankles, pricking the fingers, and those which are specially forbidden by law, such as the jacal, double-stick, the wooden cudgel, the bamboo with the root and the double cangue joints not pared off, besides that general class which is forbidden by law, but the varieties of which are not specifically enumerated, all of these are distinctly illegal, and a severe and rectified use of them should be put on trial

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214 the sum powered by law bringing into force are the four forms of torture known as pinching the ears, stretching on chains, crushing the fingers, and beating the palms of the hands in a manner The forms of torture such as double-stick, thumbscrew, cangue, and bamboo of the regulation size, which have already been incorporated in the Penal Code. The illegal forms of torture in the examination of those who may have been dragged into a case through no fault of their own, and the gratuitous and wanton harsh treatment of a prisoner under trial, resulting in his death, should as before be denounced and punished. As regards those tortures which are inflicted by the rack, suspension, beating the ankles, pricking the fingers, and those which are specially forbidden by law, such as the jacal, double-stick, the wooden cudgel, the bamboo with the root and the double cangue joints not pared off, besides that general class which is forbidden by law, but the varieties of which are not specifically enumerated, all of these are distinctly illegal, and a severe and rectified use of them should be put on trial continues
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the sumpowered by law bbring into fueral Are the four forms of torture Ituoson as pinching the rars, Stuceling on chamis, crushing The Stuces, and beating the palmes

пр

ho

the hands in as ample, a reanimer

The forms of torture Euch as double-stick, Musubscrew, canque, and bamboo

of the regulation Eize, which have already been

Incorporated in the Penal Code. The

illegal

fre

of

törlere in the Examination

of

thore who may

have been dragged.

hito a case through

through to fault of

their

own, and the Fratuitons and wanton

harch treatment of a prisoner under

trial, resulting in his death, should us

before be denonmerd and punished _ As

regards Phone tortures which are

inflicted

by the rack, Euspension, beating them

ankles, pricking the fingers, and those which are specially forbidden by law,

Euch as the Jucall, double-click, the wooden

cudgel, the bamboo with the root andr

the double lanque joints not pared off,

besides that general class which is

forbidden by law, but the aliens of which

are not specifically Enumerated, all of There are distinctly illegal,

and a

seerch and rectilers use of them should

trial

continne

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