Salt Lake Times | 1890-06-13 | Page 6 | Laws in China

Laws in China. In China, if any prisoner resists an officer and strikes the latter so as to draw blood, the offender stiall be strangled. H a criminal who resists an officer is armed, and the officer kills him to secure his person, or if a criminal escapes from prison or is killed while being pursued, or if a runaway criminal destroys himself, him-self, the officer shall in no wise be answerable an-swerable for the prisoner's death. In any case where a criminal is killed, where the offense charged against him was punishable with capital punishment, and the officer had no right to assault or wound him, the punishment of the police officer shall not in any case exceed 100 blows. San Francisco Alta.