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ceeding 50 stripes; solitary confinement not 

 exceeding six months ; and with confirmation 

 any sentence allowed by law. 



The Chief" Commissioner's Cornet answers to 

 that of the Sudr-Foujdaree-Udaulut at Bombay. 

 He settles all points of procedure, and confirms 

 all sentences requiring his sanction, excepting 

 those of death or transportation for life, which 

 alone require the confirmation of the governor 

 in council. Whether in peace or war, it is no- 

 torious that Sir Charles Napier never carried a 

 serious sentence into execution, without having 

 previously made himself perfectly master of the 

 case. The punishment of death he inflicted 

 only for murder, but nmrder, and especially wife 

 murder, was then an every-day afiair. As the 

 certainty of punishment became known to the 

 people, the crime gradually decreased, and now 

 it is of comparatively rare occurrence, and even 

 when committed the nmrderer endeavours to 

 conceal his crime in most instances, striving to 

 make it appear that the unfortunate woman 

 committed suicide. Amongst the crimes of 

 Sindli, foeticide is declared to be carried on to 

 a dreadful extent, and to be thought lightly of 

 by the people. This is performed by the daijes 



