Death Sentence at the Court of Assize

Daily British Colonist
June 24, 1869

Court of Assize Before Chief Justice Needham

Wednesday, June 23rd, 1869

The following gentlemen were sworn in as a Grand Jury [for an unrelated larceny case]:

R Burnaby (foreman)
T L Stalschmidt
R Carr
G J Stuart
J Wilkie
D Leneven
M T Johnson
T Lowe
T Tye
A J Langely
G R Fardon
M Moore
B P Griffin
R Finlayson
R Harvey
E Mallandaine
T Allsop
H B Good
T Nuttall
R Beaven
W C Ward
L Franklin
J Gillon, Esquires
[...]

Sentence of death was also passed on the Indian Tom, for the murder of Robinson on Salt Spring Island. He is to be hung on that Island.

[Editor's Note: Of the names above, 12 had sat on the jury at the murder trial of Tshuanahusset, but which 12 is not known.]