THE EXECUTED AUSTRALIAN OFFICERS.
THEIR SOLICITOR'S STATEMENT. Received April 1, 10.5 a.m. Melboubne, April 1. Mr Thomas, the solictor who defended the executed officers, in a letter to Witton's father confirms Morant's statement that Hunt, who was formerly an Hussar officer, gave his junior officers orders they were to take no prisoners. He states nine Boers were shot by Morant's orders on the charges of being train wreckers and bandits, and concerned in Hunt's maltreatment. The court-martial considered the shooting of the Boers was illegal, and all officers concerned were equally blamable. The defence was that similar procedure was adopted in similar cases and approved by other officers. - Thomas adds the sentence astounded every unbiassed person. When everything is known it will not be thought the disgrace amounts to much or anything, as the Boers deserve all they get. With less nonsense and sentiment the war would soon be over.
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Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVI, Issue 75, 1 April 1902, Page 2
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150THE EXECUTED AUSTRALIAN OFFICERS. Marlborough Express, Volume XXXVI, Issue 75, 1 April 1902, Page 2
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