Ceremonial reading of death sentences to be carried out by the hangman in Belgium, 1892. Capital punishment in Belgium was not formally abolished until August 1, 1996 for all crimes, in both peacetime and wartime. From La Ilustracion Espanola y Americana, published 1892.

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