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Q-It is not the rule but the exception, I suppose, for the part to bleed?
A-Yes.
Q-In reference to these two cases. One was WONG A KAU. You certified on the 23rd May that he was in a fit state to receive twelve strokes, and he was flogged on the 25th. Is not that the case?
A-On the 18th he received six strokes.
Q-He was flogged on the 18th May for the first time and received six strokes ?
A--Yes.
Q-On the 23rd he was passed by you as fit to receive twelve strokes?
A-Yes, and there were no marks of wounds on the gluteal region.
Q-That was five days after?
A-Yes.
Q--Do all the marks disappear in five days?
A-Yes, generally speaking.
Q-No sign of any abrasion ?
A-No.
Q-After five days' interval you passed him as fit to receive twelve strokes and on the 25th he was flogged a second time-two days after you examined him?
A-Yes.
Q Did you examine him the day he was flogged ?
A-This man was flogged two days after I examined him, because the paper was sent to the Governor for approval.
THE CHAIRMAN-The question is, did you examine him the day he was flogged WITNESS-Oh yes, again on the 25th.
Dr. ATKINSON-That is what I want to know. Has it been the custom after you have given a medical certificate and before he is flogged to examine him again?
WITNESS-Yes, a special medical certificate is given.
Q-You give two medical certificates?
A-Yes.
In the morning I have to certify, when the man was put on report, if
he is fit for hard labour and to receive corporal punishment.
Q-Are the wounds always dressed before a man leaves the Gaol ?
A-Yes.
Q-In what way?
A-It is first washed with Jeyes' fluid, and a piece of lint dipped in lead lotion is applied.
Q-Is not that lint fixed in any way?
A-Fixed on with a string.
Q-It is bandaged?
A-Yes.
Q-If a man walked out of the Gaol without the lint being fastened it would fall off. Has it been the custom to bandage it?
A-With string, not a bandage.
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