A ROYAL HANGMAN
4 A correspondent of the ' Fjl Times," wtitingfrotn V»vau, under date August 9tb, tells the following extraordinary S ory :—' King George of Tonga is be oomiog leas responsible for bin potions every day. About a month since he tried his royal hands at hanging ; for, m a oate of simple theft, he put the Constitution aiide entlrely.and acted as jadge, jjry and executioner. The oaee was this. A man stole some kava ; I am not s^re that it was not oil the King's promisee, The King heard tbat he had not boon, lv In hia opinion, sufficiently punished, and sent for him, put a rope round his neck, and hauled him up on tbe nearest tree until his toes only touched the ground. The man soon got black m the f»oe, and a few minutes would have finished him iff. Fortunately for tho m»D, the boll for churon omaionoed to ring, and th 6 Klrg ot Tonga. had to be off and attend divine tervlce. As soon as his Mijasts's back waa turned, ooroe of tbe chiefs and people knowing how utterly King George was m the wrong, took the man dowa, and when seen by some Europeans the man's t mgue woe etlll hanging from his mou*h ; whether he ultimately recovered I know not. (I'&Ib story hrn alnoo le.ncontrad ofced as utterly full o.— Ed )
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1947, 18 September 1888, Page 3
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229A ROYAL HANGMAN Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1947, 18 September 1888, Page 3
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