NEW CRIMINAL CODE
INSTITUTION IN CHINA. United Press Association—Bv Eiectrlo Telegraph—Copyright SHANGHAI, December 13. Decapitation, like many other ancient customs, will shortly be abolished under a Government decree, according to a Nankin announcement, heralding the introduction of a new criminal code, providing for electrocution as a substitute for the death penalty, except for prisoners convicted of banditry, who will face firing squads, and others convicted of kidnapping who will be stmngled
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19673, 15 December 1933, Page 9
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71NEW CRIMINAL CODE Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19673, 15 December 1933, Page 9
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