The Quarterly Review, Volume 108William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray (IV), Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle) John Murray, 1860 |
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Page 135
... chiefs . They generally reside in different parts of the country , and have a species of civil jurisdiction over their respective neighbourhoods . A few are always to be found near the person of the chief , but on any occasion of ...
... chiefs . They generally reside in different parts of the country , and have a species of civil jurisdiction over their respective neighbourhoods . A few are always to be found near the person of the chief , but on any occasion of ...
Page 136
... chief and his council , and this council forms the great law - court of the tribe , in which the chief sits as judge , and decrees the execution of his sentences . There is no letter of the law to appeal to , but a collection of ...
... chief and his council , and this council forms the great law - court of the tribe , in which the chief sits as judge , and decrees the execution of his sentences . There is no letter of the law to appeal to , but a collection of ...
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... chief forms his decision upon the result of the investigation conducted by his counsellors , but takes no part in ... chief's share of the fine . The most heinous crime known to the Kaffir law is witch- craft , and invariably leads to ...
... chief forms his decision upon the result of the investigation conducted by his counsellors , but takes no part in ... chief's share of the fine . The most heinous crime known to the Kaffir law is witch- craft , and invariably leads to ...
Contents
Tribes Presented to both Houses of Parliament | 120 |
Memoir of the Life of the late Ary Scheffer By | 162 |
A Handbook for Travellers in Wiltshire Dorsetshire | 200 |
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