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Q--What is it-penal diet?
A-Ordinary diet.
Q-Was he on that diet the whole time between the 21st April and the 6th May?
A-Yes.
Q-Was he not ordered penal diet during that time?
A-Yes, he was punished for three days; he had rice and water,
Q--Was that on the 28th April?
A-The 28th April, yes.
Q--Did you examine him before he was flogged a second time?
A-Yes.
Q-Were there any marks, of the result of the first flogging?
A-Only a little discolouration of the skin, as usual.
Q--Were all the wounds of the first flogging healed up?
A--Healed up.
Q-Were any bruises left?
A--No. When a person has been flogged there is a mark left for ever.
Q--What sort of examination of him did you make before the second flogging?
A-I examined the buttocks and the heart and lungs.
Q--Did you know at the time you made the examination that he was to undergo a flogging of twenty-four strokes?
A-Yes.
Q--And in your opinion he was fit to take those twenty-four strokes?
A-Yes.
Q--Were you present at the flogging?
A--I was.
Q-What were the physical results of the second flogging?
A-He had an abscess.
Q-How many?
A-One.
Q-Where was that?
A-It was an abscess on the right side.
Q-Right buttock?
A-Yes. I opened it on Sunday, the 9th.
Q-On the 6th May he got the flogging?
A-Yes, and on the 9th he had an abscess.
Q-Was he sent to the hospital after that flogging?
A-Yes.
Q-How did he stand the flogging?
A-Well.
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