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the Council table and had been in his possession, he said he was having made a mistake, in not turning over a leaf where the Governor's final minute appeared directing that Mok A Kwai's prosecution should proceed. In replying to Keswick's speech, I am reported, I believe correctly, to have thus referred to the case of Mook A Kwai:
As the Honourable member has brought this case to the notice of the Council, I will state briefly what this case was about. It was the last flogging of this nature. Sir Arthur Kennedy's warrant said: "Let the said Moh A Kwai be discharged from custody and prohibited from residing in the Colony for five years from the date hereof." That was on the 21st October, 1876. In spite, however, of that, the man was not discharged on the 21st October. He was kept in custody until the 30th, on which day he was flogged and deported. But, more than that, he was taken from the Hospital to be flogged, and his name is recorded in the sick list of that day. The Honourable gentleman (Mr. Keswick) was a visiting justice at that time. And, here I may mention that I found two other prisoners who had been illegally flogged in July, 1876, and that the visiting