EXECUTIONS IN CHINA.
GRIM DEATH ROLL.
By Telegraph—Press Association Copyright.
Pekin, January 2. According to estimates, 24,000 executions took place in the Szechuan province in 1913, the victims being mostly robbers.
The largeness of the list is attributed to the national transition troubles and the dearness of opium.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LI, Issue 15499, 5 January 1914, Page 7
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