A well-known thief was brought up charged with stealing two umbrellas, a brass pipe, &o, He had been before the Court previously, and it was also known that he had committed robberies, and had been punished, in the French Settlement.—The present case against itin was clear, and it was said that he had been so repeatedly bambooed that his skin was as hard and callous as a labourer's hand, and that, bambooing was no longer a punishment to him.
Cures nevertheless wished to inflict a lenient i vent upon him. that would be of no use. Punishment to be deterrent in such cases, must be severe and prolonged. Tt was imply monstrous to. go on in the way they bad been going on in that Court. Here the community were at the expense of catching ited without permission.
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