| Show THE MOORISH LAW I II it biln tte in ill Sto facca cot volt correspondence yew new Y I casabianca CASAD IANCA 11 morocco lorocco december M b er 25 on the odthe present month th a dispute arose between betwee ll two moors in the grain soco em market of this place the pic victim in the case is called hirisi risi who was wai it negotiating 1190 atiat for wheat with a boiler of if that article it cle the price charged being abobo Hir isis figures he lie beet about manoeuvring to bring the article to what seemed to him bini nearer its real value to which the seller replied alaa el E prayers to the prophet a common expression amon among edans hirisi res bonded I do not pray to or to anybody else to T this the fanatical seller replied I shall inform the saraa Ifo moorish orish tribunal unal a court where europeans often have to appeal for justice of your sinful expression the boiler seller reported without delay to the cadi judge the disrespectful remark and he with out further ceremony sent two soli soldiers diers and arr arrested estef and when brought brought before his sapient lordE lordship bip t the ic preliminaries were short and decisive and without commiseration mise mis ration cration the examination of the case commenced with the final deel dc chion aion which only occupied about four seconds of time and consisted in ordering the soldiers to give him lashes on the soles of his bare feet inflicted with a stubbed rawhide adapted to administer severe punishment pumi the order was at once carried into execution in this caso case as in many others a good dinner is followed follow cd by choice desserts and in the absence of anything exotic exotica pepper was S substituted in conformity with the orders of alie cadi his and throat threat were scrubbed avith alin 13 warm proscription till blood ran freely this mollifying lose beill being administered to the fulfs full satisfaction ll 11 of tho the affectionate cadi and the victim during this operation being totally unconscious conscious having undoubtedly had tho the last morsel of feeling taken out of him lihn with the rawhide per s jader the af affable flable cadi then ordered what was left aci of hirisi to bo be tied to llie the back of a donkey and promenaded promenades all through the streets of the town which was also carried into execution in cheso case cases va bim I are not at all infrequent the victim is ia exposed and subject to whatever ia ill I and brut tal il treatment tho the prowling profligates feel disposed to ingli inflict fe t upon unon him and heridi in his unconscious state lashed to the donkeys back Ws was hooted through beaten with sticks spit upon and completely plastered with the most filthy queria they could ol obtain tain of which there is n no lack in in the streets af casablanca in this state the victim was again presented to the cadi who finding that there was lif life still left in him ordered him thrown into a pit made underground in which all basei casei cases sf of extreme bad characters character like the present are the victims consign edwith seven months added to the charm |
