SENTENCE BEFORE TRIAL.

Grey River Argus, 5 March 1918, Page 4

SENTENCE BEFORE TRIAL.

At Tabora: N "Service men were sent on nmnerjus occasions under native guards to •arry raw oxhides from the caihp to a cattle kraal some considerable distance away. They had to scrape and jury skins. After a certsiu lapse jf time they would dig them up, again scrape and carry them back on poles being compelled to pass through the iskari barracks and the Indian encampment. '"J'he insufficient head protection ot many prisoners caused a great deal of suffering, and in many cases absolute prostration. "The natives could see the English prisoners performing their work, and regarded it with muclia amusement. "For the slightest breach of rules prisoners were placed in dark cells on prison diet of bread and water. "Very few prisoners received any trial before punishment. A civil prisoner named Currie was placed in cells for seven days for an offence which he had never committed. When he was released he went to the office of the officer in charge ,asking for the reason that lie had been punished, whereupon he was returned to the cells for a further term. "The food was very bad indeed, and at times positively revolting.