 Whenever a rebel is caught he is immediately tried, and unless he can prove a defence, he is sentenced to be hanged at once ; but the chief rebels or ringleaders I make first clean up a certain portion of the pool of blood, still two inches deep, in the...  Our Indian empire and the adjacent countries - Page 376by Robert Montgomery Martin - 1879Full view - About this book
 | Caleb Wright, J. A. Brainerd - India - 1863 - 372 pages
...hanged from a bough of the nearest tree. General Neill, who now took the command at Cawnpore, says ; " Whenever a rebel is caught, he is immediately tried,...blood, still two inches deep, in the shed where the fearfnl murder and mutilation of women and children took plaee. To touch blood is most abhorrent to... | |
 | Arthur Bailey Thompson - Great Britain - 1865 - 748 pages
...sought refuge in flight, his palace, at Bithoor, was taken and sacked. General Havelock says : — " Whenever a rebel is caught, he is immediately tried,...chief rebels, or ringleaders, I make first clean up a portion of the pool of blood, still two inches deep, in the shed where the fearful murder and mutilation... | |
 | George Otto Trevelyan - Cawnpore (India) - 1866 - 354 pages
...professed. This is an extract from a letter which would that Neill had never found occasion to indite ! " Whenever a rebel is caught he is immediately "tried,...but the chief "rebels or ringleaders I make first to clean up a "certain portion of the pool of blood, still two " inches deep, in the shed where the... | |
 | Army - 1869 - 614 pages
...took place so soon after, when they remember to what a terrible experience he had been summoned : " "Whenever a rebel is caught, he is immediately tried,...defence he is sentenced to be hanged at once ; but the chiefs or ringleaders I make first clean up a certain portion of the pool of blood, still two inches... | |
 | Sir John William Kaye - 1869 - 412 pages
...In a private letter, which was published some time ago in a Scotch paper, Neill distinctly said : ' Whenever a rebel is caught, he is immediately tried,...a defence, he is sentenced to be hanged at once.' As a different statement has been made, it is important to consider this. on them. They were sent their... | |
 | James Grant - India - 1876 - 690 pages
...was caught on the 19th, and hanged from a tree. "Whenever a rebel is caught," wrote General Neill, " he is immediately tried, and unless he can prove a...the shed where the fearful murder and mutilation of the women and children took place. To touch blood is most abhorrent to the high-caste natives ; they... | |
 | Henry Martyn Field - East Asia - 1877 - 444 pages
...blood — a task peculiarly odious to a Hindoo. Says General Neill : 216 PUNISHMENT OF THE REBELS. ' ' Whenever a rebel is caught, he is immediately tried,...but the chief rebels, or ringleaders, I make first clear up a certain portion of the pool of blood, still two inches deep in the shed where the fearful... | |
 | Henry Martyn Field - East Asia - 1877 - 446 pages
...Neill : 216 PUNISHMENT OF THE REBELS " Whenever a rebel is caught, he is immediately tried, and mala* he can prove a defence, he is sentenced to be hanged at once ; bat the chiaf rebels, or ringleaders, I make first clear up a certain portion of the pool of blood,... | |
 | James Grant - 1880 - 620 pages
..."Whenever a rebel is caught, he is to be instantly tried, and, unless he can prove a defence, he is to be sentenced to be hanged at once ; but the chief rebels...shed where the fearful murder and mutilation of women took place. To touch blood is most abhorrent to the high-caste natives ; they think by doing so they... | |
 | Thomas Archer - Great Britain - 1883 - 766 pages
...rebel is caught,'' wrote General Neill while in charge of Cawnpore after his arrival from Benares, "he is immediately tried, and unless he can prove...defence he is sentenced to be hanged at once; but the chiefs or ringleaders I make first clean iip a certain portion of tlie pool of blood, still two inches... | |
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