33.
Measures. Our Soldiers have been instructed when on duty at night to fire on all persons not answering when challenged or unable to give an account of themselves, in deed upon all such persons seen under suspicious circumstances.
And I speak from experience when I say that in this way Marauders are frequently shot, and the soldier by whom they are shot is praised for his alertness and strict performance of his duty. A brother of a Native Officer who on the 19th instant was examined by you received his promotion for having one night on the Frontier attacked a party of thieves and killed one of them after a desperate fight.
It not unfrequently happens that the soldier in our Service fires upon a Marauder whom he has known to be one of his own Tribe, strict obedience (as I before stated) to the orders of his European Officer being paramount. In the case of the two Soldiers now awaiting sentence, I have no hesitation in saying that they acted only as they would have done on their own Frontier.
And the point which I would most respectfully but forcibly urge upon Your Lordship is that the Patrol, of which the Prisoners formed a part, was regularly marched out by order of the European Officer in Command, and that in acting as they did, they were following orders.
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33.
Measures. Our Soldiers have been
instructed when on duty at night to on all persons not answering when Challenged or unable to
give
fire
an account
of themselves, in deed upon all such
persons
seen under suspicions
Circumstances.
and I speak from
experience when I say that in this-
frequently shot.
way Maranders are and the soldier by whom shot praised for his alutness and strict,
& performance of his duty - A brother of a Native Office who on the 19th instant was examined by you received his promotion for having one night
on the Frontier
attacked a party of thieves and killed
of them after a desperate fight-
one
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It not unfrequently happens that the soldier in our Service has fires
upon
a Marander whom he has known to be one
of his own Tribe, streck Obedience
(as I before stated) to the orders of his -European offer being fouramount= In the case of the two Soldiers now
Awaiting sentence I have no hesitation that they acted only as they
in
saying would have done on their own Frontier,
and the point which I would mout respectfully but forcibly urge upon Your Sordship is that the Patrol-
of which the Prisoners formed a part was regularly marched out by
of the European Officer in Command, they did they
and that in acting av
order
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