CO129-377 - Governor Sir Lugard - 1911 [5] — Page 15

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inflict

a weeks colitan simpsonment confinement which he considers would

exercise the same

flogging upon maker,

17191 further

deterrent effect as

puts forward (2)

L'

f

recommendation # that the ordinay punishment of whipping with a birch

the breach hould be extended to

may 1

the lesser forms of

the Govenor in-Camil

crime wherever

consider

may

the prevalence of crime has reached abronnel forecast porportions

with regard to

Sir F. Fugard has had his

draft Ordinance

news embodied in a

which he has submitted. I thoroughly

agree

with him

as

regards (1) (a) 4

((); it seems time that with be too severe a punchment for the founs which kindwaffing

among

with

Takes

Chinere offenders. But

CA

the quotes it

regard to (2), the extension of whipping, he is notquite concretent

par 6" of his deep. If the #627th without expre Feb (10334/11) be endorses

I'u

a remast

the sufit of the yard that ordinary

the

Miffy,

M

notice of

Chinest

Mininals

any crews? 10

fun

and I rather doubt the effect of.

ges final using the suffreed fruit utility of reserving for final resort the 13

power

No. Su claume

-news sie of (44).

q

KA

to authorise

a

penaltyd

aunch doubtful deterrent effect, (in spite of the Junion expressed the Second Police Magistrate). After all, whiffing defends much more the imprisonment for the inmediate effect it produces, for if unfinishment

effe propical effect upon the prisoner, it at least prevents him from dory mischief while he is 1 "confined. (This statement of finion is however based upon Sir F. Luzard's desire to extend "whipping with the wirch", to which

bas no

he above refers

in his desfatch, hat

in the draft Ordinance it would affear that be action does not restrict the meaning of whiffring to whiffing with the birch; it might " include the catale)

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