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labor is carried out at the Convict stations of Gibraltar and Bermuda.
Heemy Manning states, "I am the Warden of the Jail at Stone Cutters' Island; have been so from its establishment except the first month. On the morning of this 21st April, I was present at the time the Convicts were told off for labor, when the Turnkey Sticks informed me that a number of the Convicts belonging to the gang working at the Sea wall had joined the stone gang. I told him to detect those that had so changed and he picked out about twenty who were sent to their proper labor. I was present at the morning parade, everything was correct, Turnkeys and police being all present. The Convicts went to breakfast and I went to my breakfast. I was not present when the Convicts mustered after breakfast to resume labor; at about 5 minutes past 9, I went on shore and was engaged in searching the dining shed for prohibited articles. The Superintendent and the Chinese Interpreter were with me. At about half past 9 a.m., when in the shed, I heard an outcry being made by an Indian Constable who was on duty on post opposite to the Hall. I ran out and saw an Indian Constable and several Indian Convicts running from the spot where the stone gang had been at work; they were making a great outcry but I could not understand...