Striking a Non-commissioned Officer. Desertion.
Theft.
1
No medical officer at
Desertion.
Insubordination.
Desertion.
Striking a Non-commissioned Officer. (1) Breaking out of custody when prisoner.
and remaining absent until apprehended
at Lokho on 23rd instant.
(2) Stealing one rifle, belt, accoutrements, and 30 rounds ammunition.
Breaking into store room and stealing whisky, the property of officers of the station.
Insubordinate language to non-commis- sioned officer on parade.
27-10-98 Private
Bukare Dambornu
Dr. McDowell...
15-11-98
Do.
Gariba KanD.....
Do.
16-11-98
Do.
Awudu Bakabe
Do.
10-12-98
Do.
Benima Bakanu (2)
24
Dr. Sly...
Zebilla
10-12-98
Do.
Nuagah Moshi (3)
12
the Station.
20-12-98
Do.
Belali Fulani (5)
36
Do.
do.
Yabum
Wa...
16-1-98
16-5-98
Do.
Seidu Wongara (3)
36
Dr. Coker
Gunner
Bawulah Grunshi
36
Dr. Storrs
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13-7-98
Ag. Dr....
Soalla Moshi (2)
224
Do.
Kintampo...
25-8-98
12-12-98
12-12-98
Private
Do.
Do.
Musa Bagarimi
24
Babo Grunshi Dandawarah ...
225
Dr. Menzie Conacher...
36
Dr. W. M. Elliott
24
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SIR,
90.
Enclosure 2 in No. 61.
Gambaga, March 12, 1899. 1. In acknowledging the receipt of your telegram calling for returns of corporal punishments inflicted in the Northern Territories during the year 1898, I have the honour to express my regret that these have not been rendered earlier, and that I am even now unable to include that from Kintampo. This will be forwarded when received, but the number of such punishments in the limited garrison of that place was very small.
2. The telegram did not specify whether the return was to be made applicable to In others than members of the Gold Coast Constabulary, but I assume that it was not.
In the early any case no record has been kept of the floggings administered to carriers, days of my command, when the number of Mendi carriers was very large, and when they had not fully realised the fact that detection in thieving invariably resulted in personal chastisement, floggings were of almost daily occurrence. Nothing will cure a Mendi, I am convinced, of his thieving propensities, but the certainty that swift and severe punish- ment would always follow discovery rendered him much more cautious of incurring the risk of the lash, and towards the end of their stay the number of complaints against the Mendis sensibly diminished. The punishment of carriers was inflicted, whenever possible, in the presence of a doctor.
3. It may be remarked that the number of cases of flogging in the White Volta District considerably exceeds that in the Black Volta District. There are three reasons to account for this-
(a) The garrison was much larger ;
and
(b) The district was the only one the garrison of which was employed on expedi-
tionary work, in which crimes assume an especially dark complexion; (c) The standard of discipline maintained was higher. Should it, however, be considered that the number of cases of flogging in the White Volta District was excessive, I desire to state that the responsibility is wholly mine. In those few cases in which I myself did not order the punishment, I gave the officer commanding the district specific instructions that certain offences were to be met with flogging. I may add that I am firmly convinced of the advisability, if not of the absolute necessity, of this form of punishment for maintaining discipline among native troops on field service in West Africa.
I have, &c.,
HENRY P. NORTHCOTT, Lt. Col.,
Commissioner and Commandant, Northern Territories, Gold Coast.
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3. I avail myself of this opportunity to suggest the desirability of enacting an ordinance to the effect that, in cases where corporal punishment has been ordered, either by a Court, or for prison offences, the number of lashes in the case of adults shall not exceed 24, the number specified in my circular, or, possibly, 25, the number which is laid down in the new Prison Regulations as the maximum limit for offences against prison discipline, and that 12 strokes with a birch shall be the limit in the case of children.
8417.
No. 63.
GAMBIA.
I have, &c.,
J. CHAMBERLAIN.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN to ADMINISTRATOR SIR R. B. LLEWELYN.
(No. 29.)
SIR,
[Answered by No. 81.]
Downing Street, June 12, 1899.
I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of your despatch, 0. 11, of the 23rd of February,* transmitting the prison returus, and a copy of the Inspector's report thereon for the year 1898.
2. I observe that in rule 80 of the prison regulations of the Gambia it is laid down that in cases of corporal punishment the number of lashes inflicted on an adult prisoner shall not exceed 36.
3. I think that it would be well if this number were reduced to 24 in accordance with the suggestions contained in my circular despatch of the 25th of May, 1897, in case this has not already been done.
13298.
I have, &c.,
J. CHAMBERLAIN.
The Honourable
The Colonial Secretary.
No. 64.
PUBLIC RECORD OFFICE
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2143/98.
No. 62.
CYPRUS.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN to HIGH COMMISSIONER SIR W. F. HAYNES SMITH.
(No. 78.) SIR,
[Answered by No. 72.]
Downing Street, June 9, 1899.
In my circular despatch of the 25th May, 1897, I requested that a return should be furnished annually from each colony showing the number of occasions on which corporal punishment has been inflicted during each year, for what offences, and with how many strokes in each case, and I expressed the desire that this return should include all floggings and not merely floggings for prison offences.
2. As, however, the two returns which have been received from Cyprus since that despatch was written deal only with cases where floggings have been awarded for breaches of prison discipline, I gather that my wishes in the matter have not been clearly under- stood in the Island. have, therefore, the honour to request that you will arrange for the inclusion in the annual return of all floggings, whether administered by order of a Court or for prison offences.
WINDWARD ISLANDS.
MR. CHAMBERLAIN to GOVERNOR SIR C. A. MOLONEY.
[See Nos. 66 and 76.]
(No. 58.)
SIR,
Downing Street, June 13, 1899. I HAVE the honour to acknowledge the receipt of Sir A. Moloney's despatches, Nos. 89 (Grenada), 92 (St. Lucia), and 140 (St. Vincent), of the 30th of April last,† reporting upon the provisions of the law of each of the islands with regard to the punishment of flogging.
I enclose a copy of an Ordinance which has recently been enacted in the Island of Labuan, entitled "An Ordinance to regulate whipping.' This Ordinance limits the number of strokes in all cases of flogging, whether by order of a court of law or for a prison offence, to 24 in the case of adults, and I would suggest that similar Ordinances should be enacted in the three islands under your Government, fixing the maximum limit in the case of adults at 24 lashes or strokes, and in the case of children at 12 strokes with a birch, in accordance with the terms of my circular despatch of the 25th of May, 1897.
I have, &c.,
J. CHAMBERLAIN.
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† Nos. 55, 56 and 57.
Enclosure in No. 59.
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