Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1890-02-13
Law BREAKERS IN CHINA
Little Mercy Shown TO Criminals in
the FlOwery Kingdom.
Stringent Measures for Punishment
Laws That Are Strictly Enforced.

WuAlt AHAid utS q pOpuidl4oH Vi . IT tDU,-
100000, yet the criminal element in pro-
portion to numbers is less than 10 per cent.
Of what it Is in the Chinese quarter of San
Francisco. He accounts for this by the
greater stringency Of the laws for the
punishment Of crime in China and the
greater certainty in their administration
In proof of this he furnishes the following
extracts from the Chinese Penal Code, of
which he possesses what he claims TO be
the only English translation to be found
outside Of China
As to the selling of female children as
slaves, Chinese law provides that any one
who detains "a fugitive child or sells a child
for a9slaye shall receive ninety blows and
two and half years Punishment If a
female child is sold for MARI age the seller
gets eighty blows and two ard q half years
Punishment.
A harborer Of robbers or a receiver of
stolen booty, even though not participant
in the principal crime, is beheaded
Any wiilful damage to crops is punished
as theft, and the person or persons causing
damage must make good the full amount
Of the damage.
All aged or lntirm persons must be cared
for, and upon complaint being made to a
mandarin, he must provide food for the
destitute aged and those who have no
relatives. Neglect of this duty is reward
ed with sixty blows
Whoever mortgages his wife to another
gets eighty blows, and if a parent lend his
daughter the parent gets sixty blows. If
a parent gives his daughter in marriage,
representing her as a sister, he gets 100
blows, and if the mother consents she gets
eighty blows. The person receiving the
daughter knowingly, under these circum-
stances, gets sixty blows. Reducing a first
wife 10 second place is punished with 100
blows, and promoting a second wife to first
place is given NINETY blows. Bigamy is
punished with ninety blows, and the mar
riage is null. If man elects his son-in-
law the punishment is 100 blows, and if
the wife consents she gets 100 blows.
Who ever marries when his father, mother,
grandfather or grandmother is in Jail gets
eighty blows, unless by special command of
such parnet, in which case there shall be
no feast. Marrying one OF the same name
Is punished by sixty blows. Forcibiy
taking away woman and marrying her
is punished 10y the captor being strangled,
and If the captor gives her to another per-
son the punishment is the same. ANY
Government official mrrrying a musician,
comedian or one below his station gets
sixty blows and the marriage is void A
priest marrying gets eighty blows and is
expelled
A principal in the crime of murder or at
tempted murder with subsequent design
to mangle the body or divide the limbs of
a person, shall suffer death by a slow and
painful process This consists in cutting
off a hand then a leg, then ear, then
taking out an eye, then scoo ing a piece
of flesh from the body, and so on until
life is extinct, when the corpse is cut to
pieces and made away with The muir
derer's wives, sons and all inmates Of his
house, although innocent shall be perpet-
ually banished 1000 Ii, or about seven
hundred miles Accessories contributing
to the crime of murder in the slightost
manner shall be beheaded Other aces
sories, who neither contributed nor shared
in the crime, but merely knew of its con-
templated execution, shall be punished rs
ordinary accessories by being beheaded
If murder Is planned but no person kill
ed or wounded. the principal shall be be-
headed and all his relatives banished
Any person who gives information Of q
crime or a contemplated crime shall re-
ceive from the government twenty ounces
Of silver.
Amy person or persons rearing venomous
ANIMALS or preparing poisonous drugs
which are intended to be used to kill
person, although NJ person may have been
injured, shall be beheaded. The property
Of any person guilty Of this crime or vio-
lation of law shall be forfeited to the gov
eminent, and all his relatives or inmates
Of his house, although innocent shall be
banished 5000 Ii, or 900 miles.
All persons guilty of using magical
writings or imprecations, with view to
cause the death of any person, whether
any one is killed or not shall sutfer for
contriving murder and be beheaded
Amy person using such writings or nn-
in precautions, with view to
to produce disease or inirmity or to cause
extreme fright ini any person, shall re-
ceive 100 blows, be bauished 1000 Ii, OF
zoo miles, and have his property confscat-
ed, except in the case of a child against a
parent, a grandchlld against a grandpar-
ent. or a slave or hired servant against a
master, in all of which cases the offender
shall be beheaded In all cases persons
guilty Of poisoning or attempted poison
ing shall be beheaded
Practitioners of medicine or any person
who pretends to be a practitioner, who
cause a patient death or injure patient,
or administer drugs with a puncture or
needle and thereby kill or wound patient,
shall be summoned before a magistrate,
who shall in other reputable practitioners,
and if it shall appear to be an error the
practitioner may be allowed to redeem
himself of the charge by giving up MS
practice forever. If practitioner
aggrayate complaint to evtort more
money. the fee so eXtorted shat ha consid-
cred stolen and punishment inflicted in
proportion to the amount obtained or at
tempted to be obtained If patient dies
and the practitioner who attends the de-
ceased is shown to have employed inn
proper methods the practitioner shall be
beheaded,
ANY one who occasions death from
fright or any violent treats. or alarms
another 10 such a degree that the frighten-
Ell person kills himself. shall, when reason
able grounds are shown 70 have existed On