Governor Eyre found Guilty for Morant Bay massacres
October 29, 2015 | By Hopeton O’Connor Dennie |
Police Officers stand guard outside Court Room #2 in Morant Bay, as the mock trial of former British Governor Eyre is put on trial in a reenactment, some 150 years later on the occasion of the 150th Anniversary of the bloody Morant Bay rebellion.
Governor Eyre was charged for four counts of conspiracy to commit murder. George William Gordon, Paul Bogle and two others, who were blood relatives. . . were the four executions by hanging that Eyre was tried for and found guilty of (executing.)
GOV. Eyre had declared Martial Law and under this pretext …. executed many by imposing martial law. It is widely believed that the accused were convicted by a Kangaroo Court and as such they were not afforded a fair trial. It is widely held that they did not have defence lawyers to protect their interests.
Photo Credit: Hopeton O’Connor-Dennie
Alwin Marshall-Squire is the Editor-in-Chief of S-Q Publications Inc., overseeing editorial strategy for GTA Weekly, GTA Today, and Vision Newspaper. He leads the publications’ mission to deliver bold, original journalism focused on the people and communities of the Greater Toronto Area, Canada, and the global Caribbean diaspora.
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