7.
on the ground deprived of his rifle,
and the
excaping prisoners making for the pier, and
he
wav
absolutely certain that
fired from the direction fact that until he
of
то
shot
the sentry - in
was
Raw
the sentry
on
the
ground fired except his
marmed.
shot had been
own revolver shot.
Nehal Singh admit that he had
-
That he be redured from 1?" to 2nd
class quard;
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That he be fined ten dollars ($10.00)
for neglect of duty,
That he be ordered to pay for
from him.
Rifle taken from
I have ro
(Signed) A. Gordon,
Reperintendent.
the
allowed coolies to pare
near the prisoners,
contrary
to his orders,
but denies that he
was not alert.
In
Nehal Singh
my opinion.
deserves to be cliomixed the Gaol Service
Clo
av
example to the sink guards _ this
being the recond instance within
a
short
period of the negligence of a guard facilitating the excape of prisoners, but as there still rests a shade
of doubt whether or not he was
calent enough to five on the convict rushing,
and as he has done nine years
the
service in
force I feel disposed to recommend
rest punishment to dismissal,
the next severest,
viz:-
That