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enclosure having in it two gates which are always shut at night- The Criminal prison has also on twon sides a wall of its own, and in the wall another gate, opposite to the front of the Court, at liventy four yards distance, and within the general enclosure .

There

are no cells attached to the

Court for the temporary custody of prisoners. When a defendant hasben

convicted at the Court he is at once

conveyed.

to the criminal prison and afterwards detained there

.

by

А

སྤྱར།

Magistrate's warrant - The wards of

i jail are in fact used for the

the

same purpose

as the cells usually

attached to a police office, the building having been thus

ed in

arranged

་

provimity to avoid the expense of

constructing cells

A short time

ago a defendant

was

convicted under a local ordinance of

au

ravated assault, and on aggravated

refusing

osed was sentenced

to pay the fine imposed to a mouth's imprisonment - The

jailor of the court, thereupon

Usher and

conveyed him without written

warrant towards the

мо

· jail gate but before this was reached the prisoner

was rescued.

It is required to know,

Turist. Specially, Whether the

prisoner was in such

lawful custody

as to

make the facts support

an indictment

ment for

t for rescue.

Acously. Generally. Whether

after