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Q-Mr. MITCHELL-INNES?
A--Not in my time.
Q--Mr. FALCONER?
A-No, but Mr. HORSPOOL. When I first joined the Gaol, the Superintendent was Major-General GORDON.
Q-Have you noticed any fluctuations in the number of floggings according to the person who has been Superintendent?
A-I cannot say on account of the person, but on account of the tasks.
Q-Then you cannot say whether any fluctuation has been due to the character of the Superintendent?
A-No, I cannot do that.
Q-Can you tell us whether more flogging has been resorted to in one year than in another year?
A-Yes.
Q-Can you give us returns-since 1887-when you went to the Gaol?
A-I can.
(Returns produced vide Appendix vi)
Q-During your period of service, Dr. MARQUES, do you remember any floggings having been administered without the persons having been previously certified as being fit?
A-No.
Q-Have you always attended when a flogging has been administered?
A-In every case.
Q-After every flogging have you always attended a prisoner until his person was quite healed?
A-Yes. The man is visited every morning by a warder. After a flogging a man gets three or four days with no work to do. Afterwards he is put on light labour for three days or more.
Q-When a prisoner was reported to you as being about to be flogged, did you always make a particular examination of him?
A-Yes.
Q-What examination did you make?
A-I examined the heart and lungs, and when the flogging was to be severe- twenty or more strokes-I examined the urine to ascertain if there was any albumen.
Q-Did you examine the surface of the body?
A-Yes.
Q-Did you look at the breech to see whether he could stand the flogging?
A-Yes.
Q―Did you judge by the physique of the man?
A-Yes.
Q-Have you ever stopped a flogging when it was being inflicted?
A-Yes.