FLOGGING IN NEWGATE.

Waikato Times, Volume III, Issue 105, 4 January 1873, Page 3

FLOGGING IN NEWGATE.

Two young m<m recently convicted at the Central CriminalCourt of robberies with" violence, and sentenced to long torms of imprisonment and flogging with the oat, underwent tho latter portion of their sontonne tho other morning m Neweate, m the presence of ShorfFSir John Bennett, Undcr--B'ieriff Beard, the Governc of Negate, and tho representatives of tho press. Daniel Dully, eighteen, was first placed m the triangle. He -was convicted of a robbery m the Borough on^July 11 la3t, upon a man who was slightly intoxicated, and who was taken up a court by the prisoner, seized by tho throat, and after an ineffectual strugnle, robbed and thrown down, somo bystanders, presumably accom pliers of the prisoner, preventing any interference. At tho trial it was shown that the prisoner had been previously convicted m March, 1871, under tho name of Thomas Green, and two other summary convictions were also proved against him. He was sentencod to twenty-Gvo lashes with the cat and seven years' ponal servitude. The cat was wielded m turns by two warders, and at the first stroke Duffy, who had previously manifested considerable apprehension, shouted "Oh!" Each successive stroke was followed by a howl of agony, and before lialfthe allotted twentyfive lashes had been delivered the struggles of the convict became almost frantic. Tho last half of tho punishment yr\9 administered by the second warder, and aB it proceeded Duffy writhed m nginy, and repeatedly endeavoured to dash his liead against the cross-bar to which hi 3 hands were socured. Each lash, deliberately placed, left its mark, and at tho conclusion Duffy's back presented the appearance of a swollen discoloured mass of flesh. Tho suffering ■was evidently intense, and whon taken back to tho cells he run backwards and forwards crying out loudly. The s-onl man, John Talbout, aged twenty, was convicted of a robbery undor very similar circumstances, and, a previous conviction m 1868 having been proved, ho was sentenced to thirty lashes and seven years' penal servitude. When brought m he stepped firmly up to the triangle, and looked round as though he had made yp his mind not to flinch. Although of slighter build than Duffy, ho braced himself up firml v and b > re the otinishment with much greater determination Tho first stroke "limited an involuntary cry of pain, but durm the remainder of '.he 30 lashe • howl was almost the only sign Talbout gave of tiio terrible Buffering ho was enduring. In this case the larger number" of lashes told by breaking the skin and drawing blood. He needed no help to walk back to the cell. The punishment which fcheso criminals hare received will assuredly be remembero 1 by them for years to ome ; and had some of their crrnuia! associates been present to witness what flogging m Ne .•• gnto really means, they would have carried away with t i:e,.i -j 'itvu-in whio'i could not fail t> be productive of goo i:u n deterrent of crime.