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Friday July 18th 1879. Met at office of Mr Giles
Present, Ast. [Suph. Just.?] Mr B. I. Reed, Mr Bruce
Dept Sherriff Pegues. Constable Orwell, [crossed out]and other
citizens [end crossed out] W M Giles

[crossed out]Jack Bamble sworn says: [end crossed out]
J W Richardson Jr. sworn says
I reside in Palestine, but have been guarding
at Kellys camp near Mineola since June 10th
Jeff Kelly is sergeant. I have seen men punished
there for misconduct. None without cause. The
punishment did not exceed the offence. Have
[crossed out] seen men punished because they would
not work. I think Capt Kelly is a good man.
He is not a man to exact labor, where the convict
is unable to perform it. The convicts get plenty to
eat [crossed out]. have never heard one yet complain
of his food. There have been about [two men?] pun-
ished since I have been there. The most of those
were punished for idleness or failure to do proper
amount of work. These men were in my opinion
physically able to do the work required. The amount
of work required varies according to the convicts
physical capacity to perform it. Some are re-
quired to cut one card and a quarter per day
Others not more than a half card. New men
are not required to do as much work as old
men, but are [favoured?] along until they get hardened.
Two men were punished for poisoning dogs, and
one who escaped and recaptured.

Mr Kelly punished three of the above mentioned
[?], the [crossed out] most of the others were punished

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