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Jasper Abraham Murder Case
In June 1923, British settler Jasper Abraham was tried for the murder of African labourer Kitosh in the Kenya Colony. Kitosh had died after a Flagellation, flogging administered by Abraham and his employees at a farm near the town of Molo, Kenya. The jury, Racial discrimination in jury selection, which was all-white and composed of Abraham's acquaintances, found him guilty of a lesser charge of "grievous hurt" and he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. The sentence, widely regarded as overly lenient, brought condemnation from the Government of the United Kingdom, British government's Colonial Office regarding the way the case had been handled by the colony's judicial system and the continued use of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in Kenya, which differed significantly from English law in its treatment of homicide. A succession of British secretaries of state attempted to impose legal reform on the colony, though these were resisted by Chief Justice of Kenya Jacob William Bart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1925 - Africa Orientale - Carta Dimostrativa Fisico-politica - Molo, Nakuru, Nairobi
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William Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech
William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore, 4th Baron Harlech, (11 April 1885 – 14 February 1964), was a British Conservative politician and banker. Background Harlech, the son of George Ormsby-Gore, 3rd Baron Harlech, and Lady Margaret Gordon, daughter of Charles Gordon, 10th Marquess of Huntly, was born at Eaton Square, London. He was educated at Eton College and New College, Oxford. Article by K. E. Robinson. Military service and First World War Ormsby-Gore served in the Territorial Army, being commissioned a second lieutenant in the Shropshire Yeomanry in 1907 and promoted lieutenant in 1911. He was mobilized at the outbreak of the First World War and accompanied his regiment to Egypt, where he was promoted captain in 1915 and went onto the general staff. In 1916 he joined the Arab Bureau as an intelligence officer, attached to the British High Commissioner Sir Henry A. McMahon. He strongly opposed the Sykes-Picot treaty, arguing "we make professions of defending and helping ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Cavendish, 9th Duke Of Devonshire
Victor Christian William Cavendish, 9th Duke of Devonshire (31 May 18686 May 1938), known as Victor Cavendish until 1908, was a British peer and politician who served as Governor General of Canada. A member of the Cavendish family, he was educated at Eton College and the University of Cambridge. After the death of his father in 1891, he entered politics, winning his father's constituency unopposed. He held that seat until he inherited his uncle's dukedom in 1908. Thereafter, he took his place in the House of Lords, while, for a period at the same time, acting as mayor of Eastbourne and Chesterfield. He held various government posts both prior to and after his rise to the peerage. In 1916 he was appointed governor general of Canada by King George V, on the recommendation of Prime Minister H. H. Asquith, to replace Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught and Strathearn, as viceroy. He occupied that post until succeeded by Lord Byng of Vimy in 1921. The appointment was initially contro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secretary Of State For The Colonies
The secretary of state for the colonies or colonial secretary was the Cabinet of the United Kingdom, British Cabinet government minister, minister in charge of managing the United Kingdom's various British Empire, colonial dependencies. History The position was first created in 1768 to deal with the increasingly troublesome Thirteen colonies, North American colonies, following passage of the Townsend Acts. Previously, colonial responsibilities were held jointly by the Board of Trade, lords of trade and plantations and the Secretary of State for the Southern Department, secretary of state for the Southern Department, who was responsible for Ireland, the American colonies, and relations with the Roman Catholicism in Europe, Catholic and Islam in Europe, Muslim states of Europe, as well as being jointly responsible for domestic affairs with the Secretary of State for the Northern Department. Joint responsibility continued under the secretary of state for the colonies, but led to a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Coryndon
Sir Robert Thorne Coryndon, (2 April 1870 – 10 February 1925) was a British colonial administrator, a former secretary of Cecil Rhodes who became Governor of the colonies of Uganda (1918–1922) and Kenya (1922–1925). He was one of the most powerful of colonial administrators of his day. Early years Robert Thorne Coryndon was born to English parents in Cape Colony, South Africa on 2 April 1870. He was educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, and at Cheltenham College in England. In 1889 he returned to South Africa to serve his articles as a lawyer with his uncles's firm, Caldecott and Bell of Kimberley. Unhappy with office work, after a few months he joined the Bechuanaland Border Police run by the British South Africa Company (BSAC) which Cecil Rhodes had formed in 1889. In 1890 he was a member of the Pioneer Force occupying Mashonaland. In 1893 and 1896 he served in campaigns in Matabeleland. In 1896 Coryndon was appointed private secretary to Cecil Rhodes, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Colonial Office
The Colonial Office was a government department of the Kingdom of Great Britain and later of the United Kingdom, first created to deal with the colonial affairs of British North America but required also to oversee the increasing number of colonies of the British Empire. Despite its name, the Colonial Office was never responsible for all Britain's Imperial territories; for example, protectorates fell under the purview of the Foreign Office, and British India was ruled by the East India Company until 1858 (the British Raj ruled the India Office as a result of the Indian Mutiny), while the role of the Colonial Office in the affairs of the Dominions changed as time passed. It was headed by the Secretary of State for the Colonies, also known more informally as the Colonial Secretary. First Colonial Office (1768–1782) Prior to 1768, responsibility for the affairs of the British colonies was part of the duties of the Secretary of State for the Southern Department and a committee ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langley Hawkins Murder Case
In May 1920, white European settler Langley Hawkins discovered money and documents were missing from his house in Kiambu County in the British East Africa Protectorate. He summoned a Black African policeman from nearby Ruiru and the pair proceeded to beat and torture three of Hawkins' black male employees and a pregnant black woman to extract information relating to the theft. One of the employees, Mucheru, died during the torture and the woman later miscarried. The policeman, Kisanda, died by suicide, but Hawkins was brought to trial on one count of murder and three of grievous hurt. A male all-white jury returned one guilty verdict for grievous hurt and two on lesser charges of simple hurt. Hawkins received a sentence of two years' imprisonment, relatively harsh for the offences he was convicted of but much less than would be expected had Hawkins been convicted on more serious charges. The case was one of a number of similar outcomes that raised concern in the British ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Watts And Betchart Murder Case
Harry Watts, a European settler, operated a farm in the British East Africa Protectorate. On 2 April 1918, he was summoned by two black employees who had caught a black Kenyan named Mutunga, apparently in the act of stealing a bag of flour from the farm. Watts beat Mutunga with a kiboko whip, leaving him seriously wounded. He ordered his farm manager Cyprian Betchart, another European, to take Mutunga to the police station. Betchart instead tied him up in his house before carrying him away later that night and attempting to burn his body. The fire was seen by a black Kenyan who alerted the police, who arrested the two Europeans on murder charges. An Asian police surgeon determined Mutunga had suffered multiple injuries but had died by strangulation. Watts and Betchart were tried at the High Court in September. Their defence lawyer attempted to discredit the police surgeon and the black witnesses. The all-European jury returned not-guilty verdicts on the murder charges and foun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Section 320 Of The Indian Penal Code
Section 320 in India defines grievous hurt. The punishment Punishment, commonly, is the imposition of an undesirable or unpleasant outcome upon a group or individual, meted out by an authority—in contexts ranging from child discipline to criminal law—as a response and deterrent to a particular acti ... is enhanced when the hurt is grievous. The text The following kinds of hurt only are designated as "Grievous": ;First Emasculation ;Second Permanent privation of the sight of either eye ;Third Permanent privation of the hearing of either ear ;Fourth Privation of any member or joint ;Fifth Destruction or permanent impairing of the powers of any member or joint, ;Sixth Permanent disfiguration of the head or face ;Seventh Fracture or dislocation of a bone or tooth, ;Eighth Any hurt which endangers life or which causes the sufferer to be during the space of twenty days in severe bodily pain, or unable to follow his ordinary pursuits. Notes {{Indian Penal Code navbox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Lyall-Grant
Robert William Lyall-Grant (10 September 1875 – 1955) was Chief Justice of Jamaica from August 1932. He had previously been Attorney General of Kenya and a puisne judge of Ceylon. Lyall-Grant was born the son of John Lyall-Grant in Aberdeen, Scotland and educated at Aberdeen Grammar School and at Aberdeen and Edinburgh Universities, where he studied law as a Vans Dunlop scholar. He was called to the bar in 1903. After working in practice until 1909 he moved to Africa to take up the post of Attorney General of Nyasaland before serving as a High Court judge there. In July 1920 he was appointed Attorney General of Kenya before being promoted in 1926 to be a Puisne Judge in Ceylon. His final appointment in August 1932 was that of Chief Justice of Jamaica Chief may refer to: Title or rank Military and law enforcement * Chief master sergeant, the ninth, and highest, enlisted rank in the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force * Chief of police, the head of a police departm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Attorney General Of Kenya
The Attorney General of Kenya is the head of the Kenyan State Law Office, the principal legal adviser to the government of Kenya, and ''ex officio'' Member of Parliament and Cabinet (government), Cabinet. The current attorney general Justin Muturi was nominated by the William Ruto, President William Ruto in October 2022. His nomination was approved by the National Assembly on the 26 October2022, after the requisite vetting process. History The Office of the Attorney General draws its mandate from Article 156 of the Constitution of Kenya, Constitution of Kenya (2010), which vests on the Attorney General the responsibility of being the Principal Legal Adviser to the Government, to ensure that the rule of law is promoted, protected and upheld and defend the public interest. The Office of the Attorney General Act No. 49 of 201spells out the functions of the office that include Duties The attorney general's duties include the formulation of legal policy and ensuring proper administ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
