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Dr. ATKINSON—What are the hours of duty ?
WITNESS-Well, we go on at 5.45, and the short division earlier the short division
goes on-
Q-What are the hours of duty of the ordinary turnkey?
A-From 6 to 6, or the short division from 6.30 to 5. They have made a change; they are not what they used to be. It used to be from 6 to 6.
Q--Have the hours of duty been increased lately?
I
go on night duty at 5.45
A-They have in a sense; night duty is the worst. and I am on all night. That is more than before I came here--on from evening to 5.30 the next morning, and there is not a chance to rest-5.45 to 5.30.
year?
Q-Twelve hours except a quarter of an hour?
A-Yes.
Q-When do you go on duty again?
A-Same evening again.
Q-Twelve hours practically. Is that an increase as compared with the previous
A-Much more severe, because before the head turnkey had an assistant.
Q-The hours of duty have practically been increased latterly?
A-Yes, they get more time in the day duty; they get more time for their meals than formerly.
Q-The turnkeys who act as wardmasters at the Gaol have the same hours, I suppose? A-Well, no, I think they are different.
Q-Do you know what the difference is?
A-No, we have nothing to do with them.
Q-Have cross-irons as a form of punishment been used within the last year or two?
A-No, they have not been used so much lately.
Q-More floggings and less cross-irons ?
A-Yes.
Q-Have you ever heard of a death resulting from flogging at the Gaol ?
A-Only this last one.
Q-You have never heard of any other?
A-No.
Q--Nor after a prisoner has left the hospital
A-Not in my time.
The Chairman-Do you want to tell us anything more?
WITNESS-That is all I know.
Q-About flogging?
A--That is all I know about flogging.
Q-Have you visited the prisoners in the hospital that have been flogged?
A-Yes, I have visited the hospital.
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