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Thirteen male prisoners in India or Burma ("dacoits", bandits) wearing chains around their necks and ankles. Process print.

India: four convicted robbers with leg-irons on their feet and labels suspended around their necks. Photograph, 18--.

Four soldiers of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers executing a robber (dacoit) by firing squad; three Burmese men seated in the foreground, watching the scene. Wood engraving, 1886.

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Thirteen male prisoners in India or Burma ("dacoits", bandits) wearing chains around their necks and ankles. Process print.

India: four convicted robbers with leg-irons on their feet and labels suspended around their necks. Photograph, 18--.

Four soldiers of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers executing a robber (dacoit) by firing squad; three Burmese men seated in the foreground, watching the scene. Wood engraving, 1886.