An official stated that Mathias was not lodged with the convicts, but in a special place set aside for civil prisoners.
In answer to a question by the Assessor, Chief Insp. Wheeler said
House of Detention as a rule, though Pri were kept in the number of foreigners had viously been detained at the various police stations. New, however, part of the Gaol was reserved for them. This was the first complaint hho had ever received.
The Assessor undertook to visit the cell in question, accompanied by the Magistrate, and the matter was accordingly adjourned.
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