PUNJAB LIBEL ACTION.
FURTHER EVIDENCE HEARD. Sun . LONDON, May 15. Continuing his evidence at the hearing of the libel action brought by Sir Michael O'Dwyer, formerly Lieutenant-Governor of the Punjab, against Sir C. S. Nair, General Benyon said that he believed the flogging of Indians was justified in certain cases. It was inflicted with a cane, the maximum being 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 that it was difficult to keep Indians out of prison. General Benyon expressed, the opinion that General Dyer had acted with absolute honesty at Amritsar, and was punished for purely political reasons.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18711, 17 May 1924, Page 9
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