Transcript of Court records from Dominica, a British colony in the Leeward Islands, January 1814

 

1814

Jan[uar]y 15

John Pierre Mr Grano Co[ur]t Martial  Attempting to return to the Runaways with Provisions & having been runaway 2 Months To be hanged  Hanged: Head cut off & put on a Pole.  Body hanged on a Gibbet, 16 Jan[uar]y 1814

15 & 16

Peter

Hillsbro' Estate

ditto

Exiting a Mutiny among 20 Negroes of the Estate & harvesting them with provisions & while runaway

To be hanged 

Hanged.  Head cut off & put on a pole.  Body hanged on a Gibbet 18 Jan[uar]y 1814

16 Hector Mr Lionne  ditto Runaway

To receive 100 lashes & to be worked in chains 6 months

Received 100 lashes 16 Jan 1814 & sold 21st April

 

Rachel

Mr Grano  ditto ditto

to receive 30 lashes & to be worked in chains 3 months

Received 30 lashes & delivered to owner 16th April 1814

22

Dick & Daniel

Hillsbro' Estate

ditto

ditto

To receive 100 lashes

 Rec[eived] 100 lashes each, & released to owners att[ention] 22nd Jan 1814

   Sarah  ditto  ditto

ditto

To receive 50 lashes

 Pardoned & released 30th Jan[uar]y
 

Hetty, Penny & Placide

ditto ditto ditto To receive 40 lashes each

Received 40 lashes each & returned to owner's att[ention] 22nd Jan[uar]y

 28

 Joseph

Mr Dubocq

ditto

supplying Runaways with salt & with provisions

Not guilty

Discharged

  Pierre

Mr Polus Estate

ditto Encouraging the Neg[roe]s upon that estates who had absconded to stay away  To receive 100 lashes & to be worked in chains 6 months Rec[eived] 100 lashes & died in Jail 6 april
 

Charles

Mr Bonnjean

ditto

Being runaway near 17 months

ditto

Rec[eived] 100 lashes