Talk:Jasper Abraham murder case

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The result was: promoted by Bruxton (talk21:33, 24 March 2023 (UTC)Reply

  • ... that British outrage at the sentencing of a white Kenyan settler to just two years imprisonment for the 1923 killing of a black employee eventually led to the replacement of the colony's legal code? Source: "Sheridan elected to award the minimum sentence of two years rigorous imprisonment" from page 487 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. The Colonial Office's outrage and attempts at reform, culminating in the 1930 replacement of the Indian Penal Code are covered at length in the subsequent pages

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Self-nominated at 09:56, 4 March 2023 (UTC). Post-promotion hook changes for this nom will be logged at Template talk:Did you know nominations/Jasper Abraham murder case; consider watching this nomination, if it is successful, until the hook appears on the Main Page.Reply

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Overall:   @Dumelow: Good article. AGF on sources I can't access. Onegreatjoke (talk) 18:03, 4 March 2023 (UTC)Reply