CO129-231 - Acting Governor Marsh - 1887 [1-3] — Page 130

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strong iron enclosure, so that he could not be attacked and overpowered, and he would, in case he saw the Prison Officials in danger, have fired into the mob of prisoners until order had been restored.

7. There seems no reason now to anticipate any more disturbance in the Gaol, and attribute this entirely to the fact that the recent outbreak has been put down with so much energy and promptness. Possible, if not probable, bloodshed has been, in my opinion, thereby avoided.

The punishment inflicted on the greater part of the mutineers, 12 strokes of a rattan on the breech, is by no means a severe one and is very light in comparison to what would have been meted out to those men in their own country, and I believe it would have had no appreciable deterrent effect had it been inflicted the next day, instead of following immediately.

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10 13 129 strong iron enclosure, so that he could not be attacked and overpowered, and he would, in case he saw the Prison Officials in danger, have fired into the mob of prisoners until order had been restored. 7. There seems no reason now to anticipate any more disturbance in the Gaol, and attribute this entirely to the fact that the recent outbreak has been put down with so much energy and promptness. Possible, if not probable, bloodshed has been, in my opinion, thereby avoided. The punishment inflicted on the greater part of the mutineers, 12 strokes of a rattan on the breech, is by no means a severe one and is very light in comparison to what would have been meted out to those men in their own country, and I believe it would have had no appreciable deterrent effect had it been inflicted the next day, instead of following immediately.
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10 13 129 strong iron enclosure, so that he could not be attacked and overpowered, and he would, in case he saw the Prison Officials in danger, have fired into the of prisoners until order mob had been restored. 7. now to a There seems no reason to-anticipate any more disturbance in the Gaol, and attribute this en entirely to the fact that the recent outbreak has been put down, with so- much. energy. and promptness. Possible Possible, if not probable, bloodshed has been in my opinion theriby avoided. The punishment inflicted on the greater part of the mutineers, 12 strokes of a rattan on the breech, is by one and is vi no means a severe. very light in -parison to what would have been meted out to those men in a own country, prison in their and I believe it would have had no appreciable deterrent effect. had it been inflicted the next day, instead of following immediately
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strong iron enclosure, so that he

could not be attacked and

overpowered, and he would, in case he saw the Prison Officials in danger, have fired into the

of prisoners until order

mob

had been restored.

7.

now to a

There seems no reason

to-anticipate any

more

disturbance in the Gaol, and

attribute this en

entirely

to the

fact that the recent outbreak

has been put down, with so-

much.

energy.

and promptness.

Possible

Possible, if not probable, bloodshed

has been in

my opinion theriby avoided. The punishment inflicted

on the greater part of the mutineers, 12 strokes of a rattan on the breech, is

by

one and is vi

no means a severe.

very light in

-parison to what would have been meted out to those men

in a

own

country,

prison in their and I believe it would have had no

appreciable deterrent effect. had it been inflicted the next

day, instead of following immediately

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