Excerpts from Kingston Penitentiary Punishment Book

Excerpts from Kingston Penitentiary Punishment Book
Date No Name Offence Punishment
12th December 1858 4562 Patrick Connelly For talking in their cells 4 meals bread and water and 1 night without bed
15th December 1858 4692 Patrick Connelly For taking a Blanket and Pillow out of the next cell to him when on punishment without his Bed 2 Meals bread and water and 1 night Dark cell
January 2nd 1859 4562 Pat Connelly For having Tobacco in their cells 4 meals bread and water
3rd January 1859 4433 James Carroll For laughing and making signs to each other in shop 5 Meals bread and water and 1 night without Bed
21st Feb 1859 4634 John Donnelly For talking in their cells 5 meals bread and water and 1 night without Bed
22nd Feb 1859 4433 James Carroll 2nd For talking at the Breakfast Table 4 Meals bread and water and 1 night without Bed
28th Feb 1859 4634 John Donnelly For talking in the Stone Shed 4 meals and bread and water
3rd March 1859 4634 John Donnelly For talking and contending about a Stone hammer in the Stone Shed 4 meals bread and water
24th May 1859 4562 Patrick Connelly For giving leather belt to another convict in Church 5 Meals bread and water
No Date 4634 John Donnelly For taking a leather belt from convict Connelly in Church 5 meals bread and water

Source: National Archives of Canada, Kingston Penitentiary, RG 73, Vol. 373, Unknown, Kingston Penitentiary, Punishment Book, 1858.

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