CHINESE BANDITS
Chinese bandits are generally soldiers who have been disbanded, or, as is more often the case, who have disbanded themselves because of their pay being long in arrear without there being any prospect of receiving it at a later date. A successful bandit is often asked by the local authorities to join the militia, a free pardon being granted. If unsuccessful and captured, his head is cut off and hung up in some prominent place—city wall, a tree, or a telegraph pole—as a warning to others.
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Waipa Post, Volume 43, Issue 3327, 25 July 1931, Page 7
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88CHINESE BANDITS Waipa Post, Volume 43, Issue 3327, 25 July 1931, Page 7
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