PUBLIC EXECUTION.
TWO INDIAN BANDITS!. CROWD EXPRESSES RELIEF..; (United Press Association—Copyright) CALCUTTA, August 9. More than 10,000 persons, including hundreds of women and children, saw the public execution of two notorious Moslem brigands at Shadadkot, Sind. The pair had been responsible for many murders and hold-ups. A strong police guard was stationed round the gallows, which were erected in the centre of the village, but the execution was without incident. Afterwards the crowd rapidly dispersed, expressing relief that they were now safe from the depredations of .\the marauders. Their names were Abdul Rahman and Sheikh Ghulab Hussian.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 54, Issue 256, 10 August 1934, Page 5
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