And in this country, they have a custom that when a man has a lawsuit, he goes before the judge, and the judge gives him a piece of paper, and on the paper is written the name of the man who is to be punished. And then the man who is to be punished is taken to a public place, and he is beaten with sticks until he confesses.
— Marco Polo Medieval

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From 'The Travels of Marco Polo', describing a legal practice in China

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c. 1300

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