Ko tin aye had escaped and a warrant was out for his arrest. At the trial the two other apprentices who had helped him were given prison sentences of three months each. I was given twenty lashes of the cane but in view of my youth the cane used was a school cane and l did not find it too painful. The bots in the home had coached me properly and at the trial I had thrown myself on the mercy of the court submitting that I had only carried out orders and was too young to have understood what was going on. The judge must have believed me to have meted out such lenient punishment and I am very grateful to my friends at the home of their advice.