... officer in command was emulous of Neill, and thought he could show equal vigour. In two days forty-two men were hanged on the road-side, and a batch of twelve men were executed because their faces were 'turned the wrong way' when they were met on... My Diary in India, in the Year 1858-9 - Side 427av Sir William Howard Russell - 1860Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| John Birmingham - 1863 - 196 sider
...twelve men were executed because their faces were turned the wrong way when they were met on the march. These severities could not have been justified by...because they took place before that diabolical act." (Ib. p. 402). After this we are not surprised at the topes full] of rotting corpses which indicated... | |
| Bholanauth Chunder - 1869 - 486 sider
...days ' came under the chapter of capital offences in the Criminal Code, as revised by Colonel Neil.' These ' severities could not have been justified by...because they took place before that diabolical act.' Half a century of peace and good government had given to these regions a prosperity of which almost... | |
| Sir John William Kaye - 1874 - 728 sider
...were ' turned the wrong way' when they were met on the march. All the villages in his front were burnt when he halted. These ' severities' could not have been justified by the Cawnpore massaere, because they took place before that diabolical act. The officer in question remonstrated... | |
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