In the absence of all evidence for the prosecution except the unsupported word of a police askari who admitted a personal grudge against the defendant, the lieutenant resorted to the whip to change the witnesses' convictions, but without avail.
The woman yelled under the lash like a demented thing, but, far from withdrawing her statements, tried to spit in the lieutenant's face when jerked to her feet and stood again before him--an impossible feat because the platform on which he sat at the table was too high.

He had her beaten a second time for spitting.
The next man was a fat Baganda from British territory, charged with trading without a license.

He pleaded ignorance of the law, and denied having traded.

He was flogged for telling lies in court, and changed his testimony under the lash, whereat he was promptly sentenced to a hundred and fifty lashes and a month on the chain-gang.

Under the lash a second time, he recanted--swore that his first statements had been true and that he had done no trading--a mistake in tactics that only caused the tale of lashes to be increased by fifty and the term on the chain-gang to be doubled.
"You must learn that the methods taught you on British territory are of no use here!" remarked the lieutenant.
By the time Kazimoto was called and stood out alone in front of him the lieutenant was in a boiling rage, and the floor of the court was actually crowded by prone natives being beaten.