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January 1798.
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the Surgeon will hereafter be remunerated-The number of
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Prisoners reported to the Committee on that Day were 203.
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155 Men 48. Women.
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The Governor informed the Committee that
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committed on suspicion of forging Bunk Notes had contrived
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to destroy himself in his Cell at the Moment when he expected
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to be called up to
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for Re-examination this he
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effected by raising his Bedstead on one end and fastening
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his Sheet twisted in a sort of Cord to it, in his Struggle he
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pulled down the Bedstead which fell on his head and
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crushed his skull to pieces the Coroners Inquest brought
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in a Verdict of Felodese and
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Joseph Gullett
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(for that was
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his Name) was buried in the Highway near Penton place
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The Governor also Reported to the Committee on this
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Day that one Hughes as well as several others of the Mutineers
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had been very riotous and disorderly and that Hughes
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had been put in Irons and that as he had threatened
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to hang himself The Committee thought proper to Order
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the
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to put Handcuffs on any Prisoner that
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betrays a Disposition to Suiside
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At this Committee the Governor Reported that he
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had caused a large Sawpit to be made under the direction
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of Mr. Brayrs the County Mason at the Expence of
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about £10. which would have Cost £40. if it had been made
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by
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Wokmen
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from without the Prison that four Pair of
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Sawyers
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were actually employed earning a very considerable
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Sum in a way as the Committee conceived not only bene-
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ficial to the County but of great service to the Prisoners
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themselves some of whom will learn a Trade that will
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be very useful to them if they are disposed to follow it after they
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are discharge.
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The Court will be pleased to take notice that the
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the Smiths and the Washerwoman are allowed one Pint of
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Porter P. Day and no more under the Direction of the
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it being supposed that their Labour is such as absolutely to
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require it.
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The Committee resolved at this Meeting that it would be
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