Council, which I presume was the opinion of the Members when we sent our papers supporting your decision for dissenting. The papers which you transmitted to me did not show whether the case was connected by being cited. Who raised the important question of his previous convictions?
As I understand the case, this prisoner was convicted four times; his first conviction was 266 days ago when he gave his age as 21. His second conviction was 8 months later. On the third conviction, 6 months later, he stated his age as 21. On the fourth conviction, four months later, he was sentenced to be flogged. The first and fourth offences and the second and third were each for the same crime, and twice for die and twice for...