When it was discovered that the punishment could not be carried out due to the absence of a guillotine, what did the ministers decide to do? What was the response they received?
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When the ministers found that they had neither the guillotine and nor the executioner, they made an inquiry in the neighbouring countries to get it on rent.
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Guillotine, instrument for inflicting capital punishment by decapitation, introduced into France in 1792. The device consists of two upright posts surmounted by a crossbeam and grooved so as to guide an oblique-edged knife, the back of which is heavily weighted to make it fall forcefully upon (and slice through) the neck of a prone victim.
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