AMRITSAR RISING.
PUNISHMENT IN PUNJAB. A GENERAL'S EVIDENCE. (Received 11.30 a.m.) LONDON, May 15. The case in which Sir Michael O'Dwyer (formerly Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab) brought an action against Sir Sankaran Nair alleging libel, General Benyon, in the course of his evidence, said he believed flogging of Indians was justified in certain cases. It was inflicted ■vi-ith a cane, the maximum ibeing 30 strokes. He would not apply London's standards of punishment to Indian village people. Indians preferred imprisonment to floggings, as they disliked pain. The gaols were so luxurious, it was difficult to keep Indians out of prison.^ General Beynon expressed the opinion that General Dyer acted with absolute 'Vonesty, and was punished for purely political reasons.—("Sun.")
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 115, 16 May 1924, Page 5
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