13th March 1845
Present, His Excellency the Governor.
Hon: M. General D'Aguilar
His Honor The Chief Justice
Hon: Fredk Bruce
The minutes of the last 2 Councils were read and approved.
The Governor brought before the Council the question of devising some means for secondary punishment for Criminal Offences in lieu of Transportation with a view to a Report being made upon the subject to the Home Government and It was Resolved, that no sufficient punishment can be devised in the opinion of this Council which would meet the ends of Justice in as much as there can be only, eventual deportation from the Island on completion of the term of imprisonment and flogging and wearing the Cangue during imprisonment, all of which punishments to their fullest extent are already inflicted for minor offences. And His Excellency expressed his intention of writing a Despatch to the Home Government accordingly.
Sd J. F. Davis
Read & approved
this 28th day of March 1845
Sd, A. E. Shelley
Clerk of Councils