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Reports that at the Sessions held in the town of St. George, Grenada four soldiers...

Catalogue reference: CO 101/26/29

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CO 101/26/29
Date
1785 Mar 19
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Reports that at the Sessions held in the town of St. George, Grenada four soldiers of the 60th Regiment indicted of Capital Crimes were found guilty and sentenced to death and with no representation made to Mathew by Judge, Jury, or Officer of the Corps, in their favour, they were executed; three others of the 60th Regiment have been sentenced to very long imprisonments and Mathew asks for instructions to know what could be done to remove the prisoners to another part of the world where they might become penitent and useful; reports that at the same session a 'Carolina Negroe' was found guilty of a Capital offence and sentenced to death, and his execution took place at the same time as the other soldiers.

Edward Mathew, Governor of Grenada, Grenada, Folios 116 - 117.

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