A Great Hanging Country.
Great Britain is, above all others, a hanging country. This is shown by some opportune leaflets containing official statistics and reports cicculated by the Howard Association. From these papers it is ascertained that during the decade 1879-1888 inclusive. 145 of 200 persons condemned to death were banged, the number including nine women. In Italy no executions have taken place since 1876, in Belgium none since 1863; in Holland none since I 860; in Portugal none since 1848. In Germany and Austria capital punishment is still in force, but it is resorted to with the utmost reluctance. Franco might also be placed in the same category, for of 683 persons arraigned for capital crimes in 1887 (the last return available), only 28 were condemned to death, and of those only six were executed.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 4 May 1901, Page 4
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136A Great Hanging Country. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 4 May 1901, Page 4
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