Excerpts from Kingston Penitentiary Punishment Book
Date | No | Name | Offence | Punishment |
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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.