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Q-After the second flogging what was the state of his buttocks?
A He came to me to be treated every morning. The men who receive six strokes or twelve strokes are treated outside and are not taken into the hospital unless the wounds are very serious. This man came to me on the next morning after he was flogged; on the 25th he came to me and on the 26th, and I dressed him. He went away and came on the 27th. I found his buttock was very soft and I thought he had an abscess, and I took him before the doctor. The doctor said he had an abscess and opened it. He was admitted to the hospital that day.
Q-He was thrashed on the 25th and did not go into the hospital until the 27th ?
A-Yes.
Q-He was dressed in the hospital on the 25th, but did not remain in the hospital ?
A-No.
Q-What was the state of his wounds when he first came to the hospital to be
dressed?
A-The same as any other wounds.
Q-I do not know what other wounds are like.
A-He was slightly cut, but not deep. The skin had gone away; the cuts were not deep.
-Have you seen a man go into the hospital with worse wounds the result of a flogging?
A-Yes, I have seen a man go into the hospital with worse wounds the result of a flogging.
Q--There was another man who was flogged on the 23rd April; he got six strokes. Do you remember that man? He was called LAU A KAU, I think?
A-His number was 528.
Q--Yes, that is the man.
A--Yes, I know him.
Q-On the 21st April he received six strokes, do you remember that ?
A-Yes.
Q-Did he go into the hospital to be dressed?
A-Yes.
Q-He did not remain in the hospital?
A--No.
Q-Then on the 6th May he received twenty-four strokes?
A-Yes.
Q--Did he go into the hospital after that?
A--Yes.
Q-What state were his buttocks in when he came to the hospital?
A-Slightly cut.
the state of his buttocks with the state of the buttocks of the
Q-Can you compare other man we have been talking about?
A--Yes.
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