Our Criminal Classes. 
of an Englishman — is to them a foolish superstition. The 
Hindoos have from remote ages lived in communities 
closely allied in blood, and under certain laws and obli- 
gations to each other, which, being of a sacred character, 
are considered more binding than any others. The 
women of a family are taught to be in entire submission 
to the head of the family whether he be her father, 
grandfather or the oldest agnate ; so that if her father or 
brother falls foul of the law it is a sacred duty for her to 
do everything in her power to assist that male relative. 
The mere telling of untruths before a Court of Justice 
would be as nothing in her eyes, whereas the neglecting 
or refusing to do so if a father's life or liberty were at 
stake would be a crime of the deepest dye which in olden 
times would have brought her to the stake or the rope. 
In my experience I have known several cases where 
Hindoo women have been sent to prison for perjury 
committed to rescue a father or a brother, and when I 
was sheriff of Essequebo I obtained the release of a 
woman who had been sentenced to two years imprison- 
ment for such an offence by explaining the whole 
circumstance to Governor KORTRIGHT. 
Want of education is one of the great factors in the 
manufacture of criminals : and when I say education Idon't 
mean teaching the three Rs of which there is too much 
already in the colony, but education in the sense of teach- 
ing the people decency, cleanliness, modesty, honesty and 
thrift. It is impossible to expect respectable men and 
women to grow up out of the moral cesspools in which they 
are bred and reared. Let any one walk through the yards 
which lead out of Lower Regent Street, Lombard Street, 
or Leopold Street, and let him ask himself how he could 
