CO129-242 - Governor Des Voeus Acting Governor Stewart - 1889 [8-12] — Page 475

7.

on the ground deprived of his rifle,

and the

excaping prisoners making for the pier, and

he

wav

absolutely certain that

fired from the direction fact that until he

of

то

shot

the sentry - in

was

Raw

the sentry

on

the

ground fired except his

marmed.

shot had been

own revolver shot.

Nehal Singh admit that he had

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That he be redured from 1?" to 2nd

class quard;

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That he be fined ten dollars ($10.00)

for neglect of duty,

That he be ordered to pay for

from him.

Rifle taken from

I have ro

(Signed) A. Gordon,

Reperintendent.

the

allowed coolies to pare

near the prisoners,

contrary

to his orders,

but denies that he

was not alert.

In

Nehal Singh

my opinion.

deserves to be cliomixed the Gaol Service

Clo

av

example to the sink guards _ this

being the recond instance within

a

short

period of the negligence of a guard facilitating the excape of prisoners, but as there still rests a shade

of doubt whether or not he was

calent enough to five on the convict rushing,

and as he has done nine years

the

service in

force I feel disposed to recommend

rest punishment to dismissal,

the next severest,

viz:-

That