Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2

CHAPTER 12. CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS.

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SUPERSTITIOUS REVENGE OF NATURAL DEATH. MURDER. STEALING A WIFE. BREACH OF MARRIAGE LAWS. IMPLICATION OF A MURDERER'S FAMILY IN HIS CRIME. ORDEAL AND PUNISHMENT FOR OTHER TRANSGRESSIONS.