BRANDING OF WIFE
RHODESI AN ATROCITY [fiiom ouk own comikspondknt] JOHAXXEKBURG, Dec. 20 In a case in tlio High Court a I Kasama in Mhodesia, in which a native named Laniak Kabunda was charged with the murder of liis wife, it was alleged tliat alter a second confession o.f adultery hv the woman, the accused decided to hrand her with a burning iron. Jle did so, and the woman died from the effects of the burning. The charge was reduced to one of manslaughter and Kabunda was sentenced to ten years' imprisonment with hard labour and to receive ten lashes.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22619, 6 January 1937, Page 13
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