—— I ‘Death from pressure round the waist’ was the verdict which a jury returned at an inquest held recently. The pressure referred to was tight lacing. Chief Justice Coleridge has knocked on the head the stupid and cruel custom of forcing prisoners at the bar to stand during the 1 whole period of their trial. He announced [ the other day that all prisoners tried before i him would be allowed to sit down,
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 355, 24 September 1889, Page 3
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73Page 3 Advertisements Column 1 Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume III, Issue 355, 24 September 1889, Page 3
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