Talk:Watts and Betchart murder case

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Did you know... that the lenient sentencing of two Europeans convicted in 1918 after the death of a black man in the East Africa Protectorate led to inquiries from the British Colonial Office?

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The result was: promoted by Theleekycauldron (talk) 05:09, 3 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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... that the sentencing of two Europeans to 1,000 shilling fines for their involvement in the death of a black man in East Africa in 1918 led to inquiries into the colony's legal system from the British Colonial Office? Source: "The judge made the facts clear in his summing up, but the European jury found Watts and Betchart each guilty only of causing 'hurt', and not of murder. Passing sentence, Judge Maxwell gave each man a fine of 1000/- ... Even allowing for the oddities of the IPC, the finding of the jury and the leniency of the sentence were therefore surprising. Full reports on the case were demanded by the Colonial Office, and the Legal Department in Nairobi initiated its own enquiry." from page 484 of: Anderson, David M. (September 2011). "Punishment, Race and 'The Raw Native': Settler Society and Kenya's Flogging Scandals, 1895–1930". Journal of Southern African Studies. 37 (3): 479–497. doi:10.1080/03057070.2011.602887.
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Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 11:47, 26 September 2022 (UTC).[reply]

Comment only; this isn’t the start of a review. That hook is 215 characters long. 200 characters is the max length and it’s a hard limit, so you need a shorter hook. Schwede 66 17:34, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks Schwede66, alt below- Dumelow (talk) 17:47, 27 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

ALT1: ... that the lenient sentencing of two Europeans convicted in 1918 after the death of a black man in the East Africa Protectorate led to inquiries from the British Colonial Office?

Reviewing... New enough, long enough, hook interesting, will complete review soon. Whispyhistory (talk) 05:57, 30 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]

... Hook: interesting, in article and followed by inline citation to a good reference containing hook fact. Reads well, QPQ provided, no copyvio issues. Whispyhistory (talk) 06:48, 1 October 2022 (UTC)[reply]