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Q-What Justice?
A-I cannot say.
A Chinese Justice was present.
Dr. ATKINSON-Not at the flogging?
WITNESS-No, at the enquiry.
The Chairman Did you observe the state of his body when he was triced up at the second flogging?
not?
WITNESS-No, I did not notice anything particular.
Q-This man had only been flogged the week before. You knew that, did you
A-Yes, I knew that.
Q-Did not that lead you to look at the man's condition at all?
A-No, it did not, as a medical officer was present.
Q-Yes, a medical officer was present, but as this man—
A-It has been done in former cases.
Q-You cannot tell me whether you in any way noticed anything about his body?
A-No.
Q-You cannot tell me whether there were any marks of the previous flogging? A-There were marks, but in a sense they would be healed.
Q-I do not want you to speak generally. Do you know whether they were healed?
A-I cannot say for certain.
Q-What was the effect of the second flogging of twelve strokes ?
A--Nothing unusual that I noticed.
Q-Of course when they are finished with the flogging they go out of your supervision entirely?
A-Yes.
Q-They are then in charge of the doctor? Now, during the time you have been in this Gaol a little over a year and getting on for eighteen months-how
many cases of death have occurred after a flogging? I do not say as a result of a flogging, but immediately after the flogging was inflicted-a short time after the flogging.
A-This is the first.
Q-With regard to these two men, did their physique attract your attention at all? A-Well, 704 appeared to be---
Q-What did you notice about 704?
A-Perhaps he was not a strong man.
Q-I just want your impression. He did not appear so strong as some men you have seen?
A-No.
Hon. Commander HASTINGS-The doctor is present at all the floggings?
WITNESS-Yes, he is present at all the floggings.
Q-You have seen him stop one flogging?
A-One.
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