a certain number of prisoners he
ordered some
of the prison
officers to take those who
refused one
by one
one to their
cells.
At that time a
yell of those
was raised, and some of
who being taken to the cells resisted, and struggled with the prison officers.
Mr Jones then sent for
the Acting Superintendent and ordered the European prisoners in, as he saw the matter was
becoming more serious than he first thought.
or
There was a great noise uproar at the time so that his orders to the Prison Officers could not be heard. There
were then cries
of
Ja, and one or two yells were raised. At
that moment a European
prisoner, named Brown, struck a Chinese prisoner over the head with a ruler, who had stood
up
in a menacing manner,
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this
knocked the prisoner down bleeding, and there being at that time present in the yard several prison officers with swords drawn the prisoners seemed cowed, suddenly became quiet, and
allowed themselves to be taken
one by one to the cells.
The Acting Superintendent arrived about this time.
The Acting Superintendent enquired into the case that day, and sentenced 544 of the prisoners to be whipped with 12 strokes of
the rattan each.
On the 1st instant eleven
prisoners, whom the Acting Superintendent considered as ringleaders,
were
brought before
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