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"...of the earth;
Sergeant Gant was there all the day, and was there when the accident happened; I did not see Machado until after the accident had happened.
"Machado" overseer of Convicts employed in the Surveyor General's Dept: since April 1864, states. "On Monday last about 7 A.M. I visited the party of Convicts employed at Scandal Point, and found them working in a place under the embankment that I considered dangerous, and told Alves the Guard in charge of the party to proceed to the spot which I pointed out; he did so; the distance the men went from where I found them at work, I think to be about 12 feet; I considered it quite safe, I then went away and did not visit that place again until I heard of the accident.
Sergeant Gant of the Chain Gang Guard states-"On Saturday last I was at Scandal Point visiting the Convicts at work there, Burnside was in charge of the party. Mr. H. E. the Governor and Aby Smith came along & I heard the Governor remark to Mr."