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Show Romany Justice Original Gypsies living In the County Tl-hanovce, Tl-hanovce, near Kosice, Slovakia, with the consent of the state authorities, have established a direct council headed by a mayor of their own nationality. na-tionality. Some months ago the council which enjoys judicial authority au-thority tried a man who had whipped his wife. He was sentenced to crawl home on hands and knees, carrying his wife on his back, and to publicly beg for forgiveness. As a further punishment he was ordered or-dered to stand all night before his hut, bearing a pail of water on his head, stirring the water occasionally occasional-ly with his hand to prevent it from freezing. |