Amends the Judgment appealed against with respect to the accused Caudron, in regard to the penalty pronounced, and condemns him on the count of murders with premeditation, of blows and wounds, of arbitrary detention, and contraventions of the Regulations as to fire-arms, with extenuating circumstances, to five years’ penal servitude;
Confirms in other respects the Judgment which was the subject of appeal, also as regards the accused Silvanus Jones;
Ordains that the costs of the appeal shall be borne by the State.
Thus judged and pronounced in public sitting by the Tribunal, composed of M. Giacomo Nisco, President; MM. Albert Sweerts and Michel Cuciniello, Judges; M. Fernand Waleffe, Public Prosecutor; M. Paul Hodüm, Clerk.
The President,
(Signed) G. NISCO.
The Judges,
(Signed) Sweerts.
M. Cuciniello.
The Clerk,
P. Hodüm.
Inclosure 2 in No. 3.
Acting Consul Nightingale’s Interview with Silvanus Jones, a Native of Lagos, under Sentence of Ten Years’ Penal Servitude, in the Prison at Boma, for certain Atrocities committed whilst in the Employ of the S.C.A. (Société Congolaise Anversoise).
Q. HOW long have you been in the employ of the S.C.A.?—A. I served five years, and then went home to Lagos, and after staying at home some time I returned to the Congo, and was re-engaged by the same Company. I am now completing the second year of my new contract.
Q. In what capacity were you engaged by the S.C.A.?—A. As a carpenter.