CO129-064 - Sir Bowring - 1857 [8-10] — Page 151

محمد

في

Jary

and calle

Daviel Richard foldwell, who, being sworn states. On Sunday

the 1st of March I was passing the door of the le-wo Establishment.

In consequence

of seeing a placard

there I went into the building and

saw a number

first I only

in

of

coolice. At

saw three or four

an outer room. It was at

first of the

so dark that I laid hold

man who led me in

me in

the

The door was unlocked by

in the

man who led me,

First Prisoner W. Mahn Seng. The darkness was occasioned

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by the door being shut, and the

no windows - I am speaking

being

of the ground floor. The first

Prisoner (W. Mahni song ) led

prisoner,

The

me on upstairs - Ibc did so-

When I got upstairs

willingly.

I saw a great many men,

about thirty lying on the floor. (-Descule, the nature of the room).

There

were about eight or ten men on the temporary floor.

There

I were windows in this compartment which were closed; the back door was also closed.

The windows were venations.

I then went into another room

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