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Q-I want to draw your special attention to two cases that have occurred in the Gaol quite recently. The first case is that of a man who gives his name as LAU Kau. He went to Gaol, so I am informed, on the 14th April last. Have you got his record ?
A-I have his warrant here. He was admitted to the Gaol on the 15th April.
Q-He might have been remanded. When was he discharged?
A-He was discharged on the 12th May.
Q-Now that man, I believe, was flogged while he was in Gaol ?
A-He was.
Q-How many times?
A-Twice.
Q-Can you give me the dates?
A-He was flogged on the 21st April and received six strokes. He was flogged again on the 6th May and received twelve strokes.
Q-You are certain that is correct, twelve strokes? Was it not twenty-four ?
A-Pardon me, I have made a mistake. Twenty-four strokes he received.
Q-Were you present at the flogging on the 21st April?
A-I was present and saw him flogged.
Q-Was the surgeon present?
A-Yes.
Q-Dr. MARQUES, I suppose ?
A-Yes.
Q-Was the man properly certified as fit to receive the punishment? A--He was examined twice before the flogging was administered. Q-Did you observe how his body looked after the first flogging?
A-I cannot call to mind the particular case.
Q-Can you remember whether he was sent to the hospital?
A-He was not.
Q--Was he treated in the cells?
A--He was treated as an out-patient.
Q-Treated in the cells?
A-Yes.
Q-Do you remember whether his buttocks were bruised?
A-That I cannot tell.
Q-You remember his being flogged on the 21st April?
A-He was flogged on the 21st April and treated as an out-patient, and put on no labour for four days. That was extended on the 24th April, and he was put on No. 3 labour with three quarter task for four days.
Q-What was his diet?
A--Ordinary diet.
Q--Do you know what his diet was before the 21st April?
A--Ordinary prison diet.
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