under his charge named I. R. Brown and thereupon assaulted him by striking him several times in the face with his fist and wounding him severely.
According to Gaol Rule 18 of 1867 and Rule 7 of July 1877, the penalty for an officer striking a prisoner for the following reasons would ask His Excellency to allow me to punish this Officer in accordance with powers vested by Rule 7 of Rules and Regulations of the Gaol. Firstly, the Prisoner Brown is a bad and ill-conducted man and has been several times reported for impertinence and using improper language to Officers, and especially to Turnkey Ryan; he is an educated man and chafes very much at the discipline to which he is subjected, he treats the prison officers as greatly his inferiors, and aggravates them by his refined insolence of manner. Secondly, Turnkey Ryan has hitherto conducted himself well, he is an energetic and conscientious Officer, has never been reported, and has given the utmost satisfaction. Should His Excellency see fit,