The Sun.
London, England, 1808-07-28 00:00:00

oz. ra g STATE PlilauNgES CONFINED IN KILMAIN-

MEMORIAL'S

HAM GAOL.

July 16, 180. i.
COPY of DEPOSITIONS taken at an Examination into
the-Condition of the. State Prisoners in the Gaol of K 1 L-
NHAM, in the County of Dublin ; purinant to His
Excellency the Lord Lieutenant's L ttei to the Right Ho-
nourable the Lord Chief Justice of the Court of King's
Bench. '„

Cohn Hickson sworn;

Was in the cloth busi-
ness in Dublin before lie
was committed.; has-• frz-
qumtly got very bad pro 7
—viauals of the
worst. lualityi • and served
in' the most disgusting mart-.

ner.
Dr. Trevor.—Says that Their attendants ore con-
this arten4ance is °illy for
the fifteen S !ale prisoners. vias, and only one or two
of them allowed to fatty or
fifty persons. Has. seen,
them bringing in vianals,
Dr. Trevor.—Thii is whilst the perspiration was
remedied.
dropping from their faces
into the dishes. Their
treatment is much
_better
since they presented their last memorial.
Believes the Gaoler provides the pro-
vision, and has heard the Gaoler is
allowed 3s. per day, per man ; -heard
• • Dr. Trevor say, that he'g'ot the
allowance of ss. per day, per man, re-
duced to 3s. and that he bad saved. the
Government 81. per day b); the reduc-
tion; thinks that they did nor receive
more than to the value of is. tod. or
id. They got no vegetables
within the last tour months, except .po-
tatoes, hut the potatoes were very bad.
Has been permitted fifteen, minutes
__An- the day, for three days in the v• eek,,
to see his friends in presence of !iis
tendant hut for the'last three 1-notiths,
when his affairs became. embarrassed,
Dr. Treyor, permitted. his brother, to
Cottle to him twice every day, for fifteen_
minutes each tim e.
For the four first months he was cone
fined in a cell of seven feet square,. so
dark be could not read or write; since,
—Christmas he is in the Present room
with Sr. Patten. His bed tolerably'.
good; they have separate beds, but are,
obliged to scour andclean their own ta,
bles ; they have chairs and table. The
prisoners, experience great distress in
- trot access -,o -thc necessary..
house. About :three or four months
ago he was greatly pressed by a call of
nature, and the • turnkey brought him
out and locked hitn tip in the passage,:
where there was a bucket in place of a
necessary.
The turnkey called him ts6cdrhe'Out.
He-said he .w-ould "not.-- The turnkey,
then locked thp door, and said he should
- stay long enough. He was kept half
an bout', and when the turnkey 'opened
it, he struck the turnkey; -ne.xt'clay he-
was, by Dr. Trevor's orders, removed
into a 'lice. from-which he could not
pass but through the a
Overflr.ying'o.f.
.necegsary, so aS•to.wdt his feet ; h& was'
kept there two days as a punishmenefor
striking the turnkey. Gives the same
account of the hohrs of exercise as the
former prisoner. A greater extensiOri
of.time for air and exercise Would-be
a great convenience to the prisoners ;
that and better provisions, more end
better attenclaike, woald
_be great 're-
lief, Thinks Dunn,. the Gaoler, has a
profit in supplying them with
viaktalS.
In the depth of the win-
ter months they got but four=
teen candles per week, and
seven per week afterwards.
No complaint for want of fire. Does
not believe that Dunn, the Gaoler, has
been in the apartments of the State Pri-
soners live times since August last. '
The provisions are alivays, till lateti,
of a bad quality. The provisions were
at first brought up upon a. table in the
corridore, and then each prisoner was
suffered to go out individually and take
his share ; so that when the Idtt of the
prisoners came to help themselves, their
share-was very bad. Has often .seen
the turnkeys (whilst one prisOner was.
retiring, and the other letting out 'to
the table) tear the viauals and take
them to themselves. <This mode is not
now followed e the prisoners, get their
provisions to -their rooms, and do trot!
now complain . of the quality
quantity of the provisions:; but the at-
tendance is still very bad.
The difficulty 'of getting out to the
necessary is very distressing. Dr. Tre-
vor has always said, -thit the treatment
of the prisoners is by order of Govern-
ment ; but Di', Trevor meant only as to,
the times of air and exercise,
and
segr.th;r=zsiiasysdaiiii; ontinetnent. •
There is no per
F,en who
in the Kitchen,Las the SUperintenclince,
of serving the viauals.--:-
Dr. Trevor.—gays jars Dr. Trevor has removed,
and tin vessels are pro- the empty bottles id and .the
bottles .„.tel were removed mms' retrains of their beer from
praNelli the pii.trr.cni con. their- rooms in thveyirriftrp-

Note.— Tri this room
were three