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Q-For what reason?
A-Because I thought the man was weak. I was afraid the man would faint as his pulse was getting weak. Then I stopped the flogging and ordered him water and the flogging was continued.
time?
Q-You have ordered the flogging to cease and then it has gone on after some
A-Yes.
Q-When I say have you ever stopped a flogging, I mean have you ever stopped flogging at the end, say, of seven strokes when the flogging ought to have been one of twelve strokes, and not allowed the man to be flogged any longer?
A-Yes.
Q-Many cases of that kind?
A-Not many cases; some cases.
Q-Have you ever seen prisoners faint during a flogging?
A-Almost fainting, they have turned very pale.
Q-Have you ever seen prisoners so injured by the flogging as to be unable to walk back to the hospital?
A-No; all were able to walk more or less.
Q-Do you know of any case where a man has had to be assisted back to the hospital?
A-Sometimes when a flogging has been severe a warder has helped a man to walk by holding his shoulders.
Q-Putting his hands under the man's arm-pits, do you mean that?
A-Yes.
Q-If a prisoner's day of discharge from Gaol fell due when he was still in the hospital, was such a prisoner detained in the hospital?
A--No.
Q--Is such a prisoner offered the chance of staying in the hospital?
A--No; he is recommended to go to an outside hospital.
Q-What hospital?
A-Tung Wa Hospital.
Q-Do you remember any case of a prisoner being discharged without having his wounds dressed?
A-No, the wounds are dressed before a man is discharged.
Q-Now I want you to describe to this Committee the usual effect on a Chinaman of a flogging of, say, six strokes, or twelve, and so on, starting with the six strokes. What is the usual effect-the average effect?
A-Sometimes abrasion of the skin or a cut, and, in some cases, abscesses from six strokes. The effect of flogging varies much according to the person flogged.
Q-How about twelve strokes?
A-An abrasion might be caused.
Q-Eighteen?
A-As a rule bruises are produced.
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