An immense sensation has been caused in Paris by the assertion,of M. Humbert, the returned Comm mist, that in the penal colony where he was a convict he had seen men held up by the legs, and in that position flogged ; that he had scon ,men beaten with the kmut, ard after every blow a hot iron Easrod OiTcr their wounds; and fingers out off y torturing pincers. When three things had been said in the tribune of the Chamber they had always been denied by the Ministry, but ho could bring overwhelming proof that they wore true j »;« had not only seen the wounds caused by torture, but hi}4 tpndcd. the yiotimj.
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Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1837, 12 January 1880, Page 4
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113Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Globe, Volume XXII, Issue 1837, 12 January 1880, Page 4
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