On July 28, 1819:
Richard John Uniacke was tried for murder as the result of a duel. He was led into court by his father who was Attorney-General of Nova Scotia.
On July 28, 1819:
Richard John Uniacke was tried for murder as the result of a duel. He was led into court by his father who was Attorney-General of Nova Scotia.
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You say he was tried for murder. Was he convicted?
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Acquitted! I Wo.uld love to read the transcript of that trial.
::-)
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I have no idea why, (well that’s not quite true; something of a resemblance to one of the characters) but that picture reminded me of this video 🙂
Please don’t kill me 🙂
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Maurice, I only just watched the video, and OMG that’s funny! I ended up watching so many of them. Very, very cool! Thank you for the smile! 🙂
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I guess a duel is against the law. I thought it’s lawful?
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I suppose it was at one time .. I’m glad it isn’t any more though … can you just imagine? Someone could shoot someone and then say it was a mutual duel, even if it wasn’t! Still, I’m not sure when it was taken off the books … G’Day, P! 🙂
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