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been under

0 rr

any misapprehension

the subject of flogging of

Mendicants.

as

Police Ma

Ur - May and myself.

(agistrates has fumishes

him with a return in du w 1877 at his request sheiving the

tramis, a

Jos.

sex, of every mendicant

dealt with from 1o4 Janary, 1876

to 31°t alla

1877. On the 11th July

1878 Mr May furnished the Governor

2

with

)

στι

«

250

Mr. Creagh, Acting Police magistrates

fold a further retum

the same

same subject sheiving

act public floggings ordered by

the magistrates from pet June

1872 to 31b May 1877, and there it is shewn that

10 mendicant

has been flogged. These last two

rituris

were submitted to the

Committer of the Legislative Connect

Police matters in deptember

return

of public

floggings

ordered by

th

etrates

น

from 104 January, 1875, le 30th June,

1878; and with reference to mendicancy

and not aising at a fire" Mr.May

notes

the return "no

flogging.

has been inflicted for those offences .

1878, as ivul us

Deave

a

letter

of elle

Criminal Statistion

dated "Bath 26th November, 1877.

A

and addressed to the tluder

4187177 Secretary of State. Mr Bean

Me

points out, paragraph 7, that mendicants have first shparić