Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Cases Heard and Determined in Her Majesty's Supreme Court of the Straits Settlements, 1808-1884, Vol. 1 of 3: Edited and Reported (With a Judicial-Historical Preface From 1786 to 1885); Civil Cases
In accordance with a Regulation passed by the Government of India, dated 31st August, 1794, the decisions of the Magis trates, were submitted to the Superintendent before they could be acted upon, and this system appears to have been followed out till the establishment of the Court of Judicature in 1808. The decision when approved of, was carried out by the Magistrate who passed the order.
The following will illustrate the nature of punishments awarded in those days for criminal offences.
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