LAW IN JERUSALEM.

Dunstan Times, Issue 681, 7 May 1875, Page 1

LAW IN JERUSALEM.

Jerusalem does nob appear at present to be a “ happy homo.” A correspondent of the Levant Herald, wilting from the city, complains of the unaccountable clemency of the Judges in the Criminal Courts, and states that, although one hundred murders have been committed within the past twelve months, not one of the murderers has been punished. An employe of the Custom House, named Said, has lately taken advantage of this state of things to perpetrate the following act of atrocity : —A young lady of Bethlehem, newly married, was walking along a vineyard near that village, when she was met by Said with a knife in his hand. Said, who is an impulsive character, having put cut her eyes and sliced off her ears, unmercifully cut off her head, and took to flight, carrying off as a memento of the deceased every article of value he could find on her body. In the meantime, some children having witnessed this hasty proceeding from a distance, gave notice of the affair. The operation of the law was swift, for the murdir of Bethlehem at once imprisoned the artless infants, and also the master of the vineyard. This action on the part of the muidir did not however, meet with the approval of the Governor of Jerusalem, who c msed the prisoners to bo released. Said is still at large, and there is no immediate prospect of his capture, as noboby knows what is become of him, but the police think “ they have a clue.” If the usual meaning is to bo attached to that hackneyed phrase, it may be understood that the Bethlehem police have not the slightest idea what they should do,