The last instance of boiling to death took place in Persia in 1890. The offender was guilty of stealing State revenues, and was put into a cauldron of cold water, which was slowly heated to the boiling point. His bones were distributed as a warning among the provincial tax collectors.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 5663, 7 September 1896, Page 3
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