CO129-307 - Governor Sir Blake - 1901 [10-12] — Page 55

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patrolling to and fro in the ward.

That means walking either quickly or slowly.

You were running and not walking quickly to the end of the ward and picked up your boots.

That was about 10:30. In patrolling the wards you must have a prisoner behind you. If one prisoner only was out of bed it would not necessarily be your duty to have your face towards the prisoner.

In this case you passed the prisoner to get your boots.

You passed the prisoner after he was lying down.

You were both running along the ward together.

It is proper for the hospital warder to have his boots off and he should not put them on until he is relieved at 1 a.m.

In the interval, slippers are used which are issued for that purpose.

I cannot say if slippers were issued to you individually, but slippers are in the hospital for that purpose.

There is a general verbal order or understanding in the gaol that boots shall not be worn on duty, but there is no written or printed order to that effect to my knowledge.

When I left Pierpoint that evening, I cannot remember whether I visited Warder Passmore and questioned him about you.

Warder Passmore was the other European Warder on