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enclosure having in it two gates which are always shut at night. The Criminal prison has also on two sides a wall of its own, and in the wall another gate, opposite to the front of the Court, at twenty-four yards distance, and within the general enclosure.
There are no cells attached to the Court for the temporary custody of prisoners. When a defendant has been convicted at the Court he is at once conveyed to the criminal prison and afterwards detained there.
by Magistrate's warrant. The wards of the jail are in fact used for the same purpose as the cells usually attached to a police office, the building having been thus arranged in proximity to avoid the expense of constructing cells.
A short time ago a defendant was convicted under a local ordinance of aggravated assault, and on refusing to pay the fine imposed was sentenced to a month's imprisonment. The jailor of the court, thereupon Usher and conveyed him without written warrant towards the jail gate but before this was reached the prisoner was rescued.
It is required to know, Firstly, Specially, Whether the prisoner was in such lawful custody as to make the facts support an indictment for rescue.
Secondly, Generally, Whether after