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SIR,
No. 51.
WINDWARD ISLANDS.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN to GOVERNOR SIR C. A. MOLONEY.
(Grenada No. 29.)
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[Answered by Nos. 55, 56 and 57.]
Downing Street, March 2, 1899.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, No. 1, of the 12th of January, transmitting a return of prisoners upon whom the punishment of flogging was inflicted in Grenada during 1898.
2. I shall be glad if you will take note whether there are many cases in the Islands under your government in which more than 24 strokes are awarded by courts of law, as it appears to me that if that is so, the law should be amended so as to limit the number of strokes which may be inflicted to 24.
10506/98.
SIR,
(General.)
No. 52.
BARBADOS.
I have, &c.,
J. CHAMBERLAIN.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN to GOVERNOR SIR J. S. HAY.
[Answered by No. 69.]
Downing Street, May 12, 1899.
I HAVE the honour to call your attention to the fact that the Returns of Corporal punishment forwarded in your despatches No. 14 of the 29th January 1898 and No. 24 of 17th January 1899,† show that in several cases, more especially as regards juveniles, the number of strokes awarded exceed the maximum prescribed in the Model Prison Rules
suggest for accompanying my circular despatch of the 25th May 1897, and I would consideration the advisability of limiting by law the maximum number of strokes to be inflicted, whether awarded by a court of law or as a punishment for a prison offence, to 24 in the case of adults, and 12 in the case of juveniles.
I have, &c.,
your
J. CHAMBERLAIN,
(No. 157.)
SIR,
No. 54.
GOLD COAST,
ACTING-GOVERNOR LOW to MR. CHAMBERLAIN.
(Received May 19, 1899.)
[Answered by No. 70.]
Government House, Accra,
May 1, 1899.
I HAVE the honour to transmit to you herewith a return of corporal punishments inflicted, during the year 1898, on Hansas of the Gold Coast Constabulary serving in the Northern Territories. There were no floggings of members of the Constabulary, either at Kumasi or Accra.
2. I forward also a return of floggings in the prisons of the Colony. Some of the floggings by the Prison Authorities appear to me to be not of the character of “aggravated offences," which justify a resort to corporal punishment. I have called the Sheriff's attention to the wording of Rule 66 (page 223 of the 1st Volume, new edition, Laws), and during this year I have refused to sanction floggings for offences which ought to have been punished under the carlier portion of that section.
3. All floggings for prison offences must first be approved by the Governor. Sentences of corporal punishment by the Court are also carried into effect by the Prison Authorities. No sentence is carried out until a medical examination has been made as to the physical fitness of the prisoner, and the medical officer must be present when the flogging is administered.
Enclosure 1 in No. 54.
I have, &c.,
WM. LOW,
Acting-Governor.
Return of floggings inflicted on the Gold Coast Hausas during the
(See Enclosure 1 in No. 61.)
year 1898,
19547/98.
SIB,
(General.)
No. 53.
BERMUDA.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN to GOVERNOR BARKER.
Downing Street, May 13, 1899. WITH reference to your despatch No. 82 of the 11th August last, on the subject of flogging, I have the honour to point out that your despatch appears to refer only to the infliction of this punishment for prison offences.
My circular despatch of the 25th May 1897 contemplated an annual return of all floggings, and not merely floggings for prison offences. I have therefore to request that the return may in future include all floggings inflicted in Bermuda for any offence.
I have, &c.,
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† 3641/98 and 2903/99: not printed.
J. CHAMBERLAIN.
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