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Show Leper ia India. An incident which occurred in Bombay Bom-bay last week shows the urgent necessity of legislation on the leper question. Si lepers were found begging in the municipal munici-pal market. Four escaped, but two were arrested and brought before the maris-trate. maris-trate. They were in such a state that the natives Would not approach them, i and they were not taken into court, but were placed under a tree outside, while I the magistrate conducted the trial from the veranda. The magistrate held that he could not compel them to go to a leper asylum, and sentenced them to one day's imprisonment. Pall Mall Gazette. |