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 144 THE END OF THE STRUGGLE exercised a lawful jurisdiction, and torture was not only allowed, but enjoined by the law which they were bound to administer. The Dutch Company's charter CAPE TOWN AND HARBOUR. (Copyright by Underwood and Underwood, New York.) of 1602 empowered it to appoint public prosecutors in the name of the States-General for the conduct of judi- cial business in its fortresses beyond the Cape of Good Hope. The ordinances for the Dutch governor-general in 1617 authorized him not only to execute all civil and