To His Excellency the Acting Governor
and Members of the Executive Council.
The Memorial of the undersigned
Jurors in the case of Regina v. James Thompson sheweth.
That the prisoner James Thompson
was tried on the 21st April for an offence
committed on board the British Schooner Centaur, that our verdict was recorded
as "not guilty on the ground of insanity", and that we have learned with regret
that after nearly five months' confinement in imprisonment, he is still fool with no prospect of release
We beg respectfully to represent to Your Excellency
and the Honorable Members of the Executive Council