RUSSIA.
OVERCROWDED PRISONS. St. Petersburg, June 3. Prince Kroputkin states that Russian prisons, officially capable uf holding 1)0,000 prisoners, now hold 181,000, The Duma rejected a Bill abolishing capital punishment, on tin? ground that courts-martial can order executions outside the Duma's competence.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 109, 5 June 1909, Page 2
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42RUSSIA. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 109, 5 June 1909, Page 2
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