House Arrest (1904)

[Fred Shapiro]

On Tue, 5 Jul 2005, Mullins, Bill wrote:

> "CONDITION OF JAPAN." Stryker's American Register and Magazine =
> (1850-1851); 1851; 6, APS Online pg. 431, col 1.
> "The principal punishments in Japan are banishment, house-arrest, =
> decapitation, crucifixion and disembowelling."

Here's a little earlier:

1848 _Sandusky Clarion_ 18 Jan. 4 (Newspaperarchive)  [In Japan] house
arrest is the usual penalty of irregularity thus reported.

Fred Shapiro


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