Colonial Despatches
The colonial despatches of Vancouver Island and British Columbia 1846-1871
Despatch to London
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 30 May 1863, CO 305:20, no. 7004, 191.
Abstract
Douglas, Sir James to Pelham-Clinton, 5th Duke of Newcastle Henry Pelham Fiennes 30 May 1863, CO 305:20, no. 7004, 191.
Despatch to London.
Minutes (2), Other documents (1).
No. 18
30 May 1863
My Lord Duke,
With reference to the 7th paragraph of my Despatch No: 16, of the
21st Instant, informing Your Grace that three men and one woman of
the Cowitchan Tribe, viz: Thalaston, Oalitza, Stalchum,and
and Thask had
been tried at a special Assize and found guilty of the murder of
William Brady I have now to report to Your Grace that the three men
were publicly hanged in front of the Victoria Gaol on Saturday the
23rd Instant at 7 O'clock in the morning.
and Thask had
been tried at a special Assize and found guilty of the murder of
William Brady I have now to report to Your Grace that the three men
were publicly hanged in front of the Victoria Gaol on Saturday the
23rd Instant at 7 O'clock in the morning.
2. The Jury on this trial recommended Thask, the woman to mercy, and the
Chief Justice having concurred in that recommendation I commuted
the
sentence against her to imprisonment for life.
the
sentence against her to imprisonment for life.
