Named Entity Results, Jeddo (Texas, United States)

Executions in Japan. --A letter from Jeddo, Japan, in the Abrille du Nord, contains the following passage: Executions are very frequent in Japan, and at Jeddo scarcely a day passes without one. Beheading and ripping open of the abdomen are the most usual punishments inflicted.--Not long since the murderers of a Prince were boiled to death in large kettles. The other modes of execution, by which the Japanese tribunals attempt to terrify criminals, are crucifixion, cutting open the Jeddo scarcely a day passes without one. Beheading and ripping open of the abdomen are the most usual punishments inflicted.--Not long since the murderers of a Prince were boiled to death in large kettles. The other modes of execution, by which the Japanese tribunals attempt to terrify criminals, are crucifixion, cutting open the chest, breaking the limbs with an iron bar, exposing of the criminal to the attacks of insects in hot weather, after stripping him naked and smearing his body with honey, &c. These cruel punishments, however, do not diminish the number of crimes; on the contrary, they seem to have produced the most reckless contempt of death. The following remarkable incident occurred not long since: A Japanese policeman was walking along the middle of the street, when a European on horseback told him to stand