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cut off his ears, from the stumps of which he bled free- 

 ly while receiving" his tiogging. He was then ordered 

 lo leave at once and when about a mile away, he stole 

 a mule and rode to the Calaveras diggings, where the 

 animal was claimed by the owner. He was thereupon 

 tried for mule stealing, and sentenced to receive an- 

 other flogging, but when he was stripped, his back 

 was found so shockingly cut up that the miners had 

 compassion on him and drove him from the district, 

 where he was not likely to ever appear again. 



