Reporting on a rebellion by 31 convicts, of whom 13 were executed and 18 reprieved, a clergyman wrote: “It is a literal fact that each man who heard his reprieve wept bitterly, and that each man who heard his condemnation to death went down on his knees, with dry eyes, and thanked God. ”
وقد كتب :‏ « حرفيا ،‏ كان كل رجل يسمع ايقاف تنفيذ الحكم فيه يبكي بمرارة ،‏ وكل رجل يسمع الحكم عليه بالاعدام يركع على ركبتيه ،‏ دون بكاء ،‏ ويشكر الله » .‏