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Siamese Cattle-Thief Under the Yoke

SIAMESE CATTLE-THIEF UNDER THE YOKE

Serious crime is not very prevalent among the Siamese, who as a whole are a peaceable race amenable to authority. Justice, too, is well administered under the Ministry of Justice organized in 1892. On his way to gaol after conviction for cattle-stealing, this prisoner is wearing a bamboo frame to prevent him running into the woods and so escaping his escort