The relations he.iw.-en ihe police and the public in Upper Hndh appear to beef an unpleasant'eharaotr-r, il we may judge from an account, given by the Indian papers ofthe means lately eniploved hy that body! to extract information from a man accused of murder. Tlu; prisoner's legs, we are told, were muffled with cloih steeped in oil, and the police then set fire to the wrappings. Nt'ihir-i.', however, can have exceeded the attention p;iid to the criminal when a confession had heen obtained by this persuasive mci hod. He was carried to a medical officer, who amputated his limbs that, his life might be saved, in order that, he. might be subs.queutly executed ; at the same time we wouid counsel a little moderation of zeal iv future.—Pall Mall Gazette.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 75, 30 March 1870, Page 2
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