A Pabbicidh.—A correspondent writes to the Otago Daily Times.—" Your cables of a day or two ago conveyed the information that Santo, the assassinator of President Carnot, was to be treated as a parricide. Doubtjesp many readers, as was fhe writer, may be curipus to know What particular treatment this class of criminal receives. The following information, derived from the first volume _ of ' Roger & Sorel's Codes et Lois UsueUes,, ■ hat satisfied the writer's curiosity: »Tue 7 L prisoner condemned to death fp,r parricide will be taken tp. the place qf execut : on in ftis sbi*t. barpfopted. and hjs bead covered With a black veil- He will remain exposed on the scaffold while the sheriff's officer reads to the people the degree of conviction, j and will immediately be
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Temuka Leader, Issue 2686, 17 July 1894, Page 3
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128Untitled Temuka Leader, Issue 2686, 17 July 1894, Page 3
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