JUSTICE IN KENYA.
A story comes from Kenya which shows the difficulties under which British justice is secured to the common, people.in remote regions of the Empire. A native having been murdered while in the employ .of a white settler at Kitale, Mr. Oswald Bentley, four,of Mr. Bentley's workmen were convicted of. murder. Mr. Bentley wag 'doubtful ;.of tlie men's guilt, and. set to work to get the sentence reviewed- . ; \ .. ..Ultimately it came out'that the .principal native witness had, been forced to give untrue evidence by. native police. They beat him., and kept him in prison for three days without food fill he promised to say what they wished. Now the Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial, and the four men,have boeu acquitted,. -But : at- one time they came within four days of .being executed for a crime they had not cojnmitted. ..-.-;* v■ • ■• -■
The native policeman ffio3t concerned has been sentenced to six months'imprisonment, which, to European ideas, seems treating him very lightly. :.-
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Evening Post, Volume CIX, Issue 39, 15 February 1930, Page 18
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