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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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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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