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Declaration of Independence (view source)
Revision as of 23:42, December 16, 2017
, 23:42, December 16, 2017Grievance 15
For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
For protecting them, by a mock Trial from punishment for any Murders which they should commit on the Inhabitants of these States:
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In 1768, two citizens of Annapolis, in Maryland, were murdered by some marines belonging to a British armed ship. The trial was a mockery of justice; and in the face of clear evidence against them, the criminals were acquitted. In the difficulties with the Regulators in North Carolina, in 1771, some of the soldiers who had shot down citizens when standing up in defence of their rights, were tried for murder and acquitted; while Governor Tryon mercilessly hung six prisoners, who were certainly entitled to the benefits of the laws of war, if his own soldiers were.
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