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mutiny was here that it See was in uny may be last defences; that there is a clause in which I stated that the prisoner further contrived to aggravate word ly mouth. There were a so at that few words passed that I did not mention before as I did not consider it was hardly necessary to do so. tamely:- That after the prisoner had mentioned to me about his oakum being tarry and I had asked him if he thought any officer would purposely pick bad oakum for him. I motioned with my hand first to keep silence and I then requested him to stop speaking to me, as if he had any complaint to make the office was the proper place to do so. He then assumed an insolent and defiant attitude and told me that he should not stop speaking and that I had no right to order him to stop speaking. It was then that he went on to bring out the threats that he would acquaint the superintendent as to what sort of a character I was.