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on night duty that night, but Warder Passmore paraded for duty
at 5.45 that evening and Mr. Peak at 9.30. Warder Passmore could
go off duty in the ordinary course at 10.30 and would be called
at 3 a.m. and remain in charge of the prison till 5.30 a.m.
TO ATTORNEY GENERAL.
In the ordinary course Peak would go off duty
at 1 a.m. and come back at 2 a.m., and remain till 5.30 a.m. on duty.
FURTHER EXAMINED BY PEAK,
I may have asked Passmore what you had had to
drink that day.
I did not tell McLeod to report you for being
drunk. I did not tell Pierpoint to relieve you from duty.
I merely sent him to see what condition you
were in.
There is no accommodation for patients in hospital except a night stool in the commode.
There is accommodation for 12 patients in the ward.
All the excreta from 5.45 in the evening has to remain in the ward all night but dry earth is used and disinfectants in abundance.
I have not detected any bad smell at night. I have entered the hospital before that night (28th June) during