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prolice Constable and at prevent doing anty

at the Fail, having been so em

employed about

two months. On the morning of the 21st-

at

April I went on duty wt- b. A. M. my

usual duty has been as me

over the Stone

gany:

m

of the

guard

this morning

121 Convicts were " told off" for the gang and two Turnkeys named Hicks and

Johnson, Teve European Cornetables, an joelf

Live

and Manly -formed the

and two Indian Conatabiles

guard; a number of Convictò

that belonged.

to the Stone

to join

this

gang

but they

wanted

gany wa

were sent back

to their proper gang, this had often occurred.

before

and did not Excite

my suspicions.

There were tivo Stone Bonts sent to a

place out-of a sight from the Hulk,

one of the boats

to go

was

laden before the time

little stone was placed.

to breakfast, and a

on board the other boat.

Abe went to breakfast the whole gang

marching along shore, and after having

breakfast the same

gang

of men went

back under the same excort to resume labor

The whole

left

the

Carrying poles had been

+ near to the place of work and when

we arrived there the Convicts took up their

Carrying poles

and were ordered to

and at that moment Ireceived

the back of my head from-

blow-on

to "fall in "

from which I

I fell

myself

I saw

mo

bleeding

insensible; when I came to

to

and I saw the Convicts

|

Sankey Hicks lying

near

from the head.

getting

into the unladen Stone Boat I