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prisoner appeared to be still asleep. He admits that he was not care-
-ful to see his head or face, and carmot say that he did see either.
There is an order in the printed prison rules that officers on their
patrols are to be particularly careful to see the heads or faces of
the prisoners. I think it is pretty certain that what he did see on
that visit was not the sleeping prisoner nor the prisoner at all but
the cunningly arranged simulacrum above referred to. Not being able to
see the prisoner's head he ought to have entered the cell at once, when
the whole affair would have been at once apparent and the escape from
the Gaol could probably have been prevented even though the prisoner
was by that time clear of his cell. P. W. Piesse declares that when
he looked in the cell at 4.10 the bucket lid was still in its old posi-
-tion against the outer wall. I think Sher Singh's statement that it was
on the floor is more likely to be the true version, but if the lid was
still there it is probable that the prisoner was disturbed when he had
made all his final arrangements and was on the point of crawling out.
In that case he would have been crouching in the corner of the cell,
hidden from outside view, and if Piesse had entered the cell he would
have caught him. As regards Sher Singh I consider he showed want of
judgment in not at once reporting the position of the bucket lid as a
suspicious circumstance, out that does not much affect the case as
P. W. Piesse admits that he noticed it and knew it himself all the
time. Beyond that I do not think that any negligence has been establish-
-ed against him.
I believe that Warder Thorne did make a thorough
and conscientious search of the prisoner's cell and clothing ac. as
he states. I have not been able to ascertain how the prisoner obtained
the piece of bucket lid. I am still prosecuting enquiries but I am
afraid it is likely to remain a mystery. I think he could not possibly have picked it up himself, as he only left his cell one nour a day for exercise in the yard which is quite near. The Chief Warder's theory is
that it was passed to him by a prisoner from another cell. We suspect a
certain cleaner to be at the bottom of it but have no proof yet.
The wall of the cell is about 24 feet thick but is part of the very old portion of the Gaol buildings, and is