Note 29 — Chapter II
Reading edition
The punishment of death by strangulation is so called, from the short stick, by turning which an iron collar, that goes round the criminal’s neck, is brought so tight as to cause instant death.
Reading edition
The punishment of death by strangulation is so called, from the short stick, by turning which an iron collar, that goes round the criminal’s neck, is brought so tight as to cause instant death.