Harry Watts, a European settler, operated a farm in the British East Africa Protectorate. On 2 April 1918, he was summoned by two black employees who had caught a black Kenyan named Mutunga, apparently in the act of stealing a bag of flour from the farm. Watts beat Mutunga with a kiboko whip, leaving him seriously wounded. He ordered his farm manager Cyprian Betchart, another European, to take Mutunga to the police station. Betchart instead tied him up in his house before carrying him away later that night and attempting to burn his body. The fire was seen by a black Kenyan who alerted the police, who arrested the two Europeans on murder charges.
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| - Harry Watts, un colono europeo, operaba una granja en el Protectorado de África Oriental Británica. El 2 de abril de 1918 fue convocado por dos empleados negros que habían atrapado a un keniano negro llamado Mutunga, aparentemente en el acto de robar una bolsa de harina de la granja. Watts golpeó a Mutunga con un chicote, dejándolo gravemente herido. Ordenó al administrador de su granja, Cyprian Betchart, otro europeo, que llevara a Mutunga a la comisaría. Betchart, en cambio, lo ató en su casa antes de llevárselo más tarde esa noche y luego intentar quemar su cuerpo. El fuego fue visto por un keniano negro que alertó a la policía, que arrestó a los dos europeos por cargos de asesinato. (es)
- Harry Watts, a European settler, operated a farm in the British East Africa Protectorate. On 2 April 1918, he was summoned by two black employees who had caught a black Kenyan named Mutunga, apparently in the act of stealing a bag of flour from the farm. Watts beat Mutunga with a kiboko whip, leaving him seriously wounded. He ordered his farm manager Cyprian Betchart, another European, to take Mutunga to the police station. Betchart instead tied him up in his house before carrying him away later that night and attempting to burn his body. The fire was seen by a black Kenyan who alerted the police, who arrested the two Europeans on murder charges. (en)
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| - Harry Watts, un colono europeo, operaba una granja en el Protectorado de África Oriental Británica. El 2 de abril de 1918 fue convocado por dos empleados negros que habían atrapado a un keniano negro llamado Mutunga, aparentemente en el acto de robar una bolsa de harina de la granja. Watts golpeó a Mutunga con un chicote, dejándolo gravemente herido. Ordenó al administrador de su granja, Cyprian Betchart, otro europeo, que llevara a Mutunga a la comisaría. Betchart, en cambio, lo ató en su casa antes de llevárselo más tarde esa noche y luego intentar quemar su cuerpo. El fuego fue visto por un keniano negro que alertó a la policía, que arrestó a los dos europeos por cargos de asesinato. Un cirujano de la policía asiático determinó que Mutunga había sufrido múltiples heridas pero había muerto por estrangulamiento. Watts y Betchart fueron juzgados en el Tribunal Superior en septiembre. Su abogado defensor intentó desacreditar al cirujano de la policía y a los testigos negros. El jurado compuesto exclusivamente por europeos emitió veredictos de no culpabilidad por los cargos de asesinato y encontró a ambos hombres culpable solo por cargos menos graves de lesiones. Los hombres recibieron multas de 1000 chelines. En Gran Bretaña, la sentencia se consideró indulgente y la Oficina Colonial Británica (Colonial Office) exigió un informe de las autoridades coloniales. El fiscal general de África Oriental, Jacob William Barth, consideró que los jurados en Kenia estaban sesgados a favor de los europeos. Después de una serie de otros casos y más presión de Gran Bretaña, finalmente se logró la reforma legal en 1930 con la eliminación de las leyes del Código Penal de la India que permitían a los jurados presentar cargos menores en casos de asesinato. (es)
- Harry Watts, a European settler, operated a farm in the British East Africa Protectorate. On 2 April 1918, he was summoned by two black employees who had caught a black Kenyan named Mutunga, apparently in the act of stealing a bag of flour from the farm. Watts beat Mutunga with a kiboko whip, leaving him seriously wounded. He ordered his farm manager Cyprian Betchart, another European, to take Mutunga to the police station. Betchart instead tied him up in his house before carrying him away later that night and attempting to burn his body. The fire was seen by a black Kenyan who alerted the police, who arrested the two Europeans on murder charges. An Asian police surgeon determined Mutunga had suffered multiple injuries but had died by strangulation. Watts and Betchart were tried at the High Court in September. Their defence lawyer attempted to discredit the police surgeon and the black witnesses. The all-European jury returned not-guilty verdicts on the murder charges and found each man guilty only on less serious charges of hurt. The men received fines of 1,000 shillings. In Britain the sentence was considered lenient, and the Colonial Office demanded a report from the colonial authorities. East African attorney general Jacob William Barth considered that juries in Kenya were biased in favour of Europeans. After several other cases and further pressure from Britain, legal reform was finally achieved in 1930 by removing the Indian Penal Code laws that permitted juries to return lesser charges in murder cases. (en)
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