THE MURDER OF MR. JACKSON.
[To THE EDITOR OP THE "SPECTITOR.1 Sin,—Some weeks ago a correspondence was being carried on in the Spectator as to the torturing of witnesses by the police in India. I thought it might be of interest to some of your readers to learn the following. A few days after the recent assassination of Mr. Jackson, the Collector of this district, I was talking with an educated Brahman gentleman, who expressed his horror at the outrage, and went on to say that the murderer should not be hanged, but " he should be tortured and tortured and tortured." I pointed out that revenge was not justice, but be stoutly stood to his opinion, saying: "You do not do such things, but we do." This con- versation threw a lurid light on the sort of punishments guilty (and sometimes innocent P) people might expect to receive under the regime so much desired by the Brahmans. I enclose my card, but for obvious reasons prefer to sign myself merely
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