North American. [volume] (Swanton, Vt.) 1839-1841, 1839-06-05
JUNE 3.

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1, will serve To show both the honesty oil
4 ord Durham as a reporter, aud the AMI
b. Of the " Anglo. Saxon " race, We
il .sa bfieay state the rhotc facts Of the
Il sse, as we have done those of Char,rand
8 This affair happened some years ago,
d nj IS was proved on the trial BY the only
g. theses that appeared, who were those
Il the prosecution, is as follows A pri-
n ste soldier OF the 24th Regiment named
#slands, along with some otker soldiers,
-, three Canadians, at a house of i'll
sne, a tie suburbs Of Montreal. These
snrn had some words together which end
Il. \ in scutile in the street, where Hands,
y consequence Of blow from one Of the
ID Canadians leA and struck the side Of his
Ahead on the curb stone the affair ended
Acre. the Canadians going of ore way and
l4ands got up and followed his compan-
ions less drunk than himself, who had run
8olf 10 tie barracks some distapce from the
@scene OF action, where he answered 10 his
name at roll-call, like the rest Of the COM
#tanY. In the couisc of the night, he COM
Mpancd of his head, the Surgeon Of the
#Resiment was sent for, who found so little
D the matter with the man that he did not
Ind him TO Hospital until late the next
4 day, when symptoms OF stupor and palsy
4 were discovered He ultimately died, and
q On examination it was found that his skull
was fractured about the size of cent
II piece, Just over the principle artery of the
4 head, and the only one under such crcum-
u stances that could bleed internally and
II that could, be cured. 1t was further proved
Il that, had Surgeon Crawford done his
4 duty, or have been less grossly ignorant OF
q his profession than he was, he would have
saved the man by a common operation,
i and such as is frequently performed by
4 every village practitioner in this country
II The foregoing was the whole case as proved
Y on the trial, from which it will be seen that
the most that could be made ont of it, was
Il merely nansIaughter, or rather assault
u and battery, followed by death some time
Il after the quarrel. We said that the case
n Of Hands would serve to show the Ga58uS
of the tories, from whom no doubt his
Lordship pot all his information. 1t was
4 proved on trial that Hands and his asso-
cia,es were the lowest characters in the
q Regiment, the Canadians were the very
q dregs of society, and the brothel where
q they met was one Of those sinks Of vice tc
be found in the suburbs the Town: not
n wthstandng the disgraeeiul death oil
Hands, and the infamy Of lis life, he was
attended 20 his grave, unlike the lunera! Of
any honest and decent soldier either before
or since that time, by the whole .anglo-
Saxon " population Of Montreal,-the St,
George Society headed by Lord Durham's
leading English Merchant, the St. An
dtew's, St. Patrick'S and other national
societies by their respective presidents in
GRAND PROCESSION Now, why
was this display made Was it to honor
virtue No for the very substance and
essence OF the whole affair was founded IN
corruption and the basest immortality, but
this was the reason and for the respect
shown 10 the remains of Hands, was
an lrishman, and at the time OF his death
an election was TO take phase, and it was
by this gross respect for the character Of a
low blackguatd that the Gentlemen of
Montreal endeavored TO cajo'e the national
feelings Of the respectable Irish inhabitants
10 vote for the government, party J, The
irick was too like the parties aud failed in
attaining its object.
Such, reader, are the facts Of the two
solitary cases Of partiaIity that Lord Dur
ham has been able to discover Cor the to-
res for him. Of Canadian juries granting
mpun,y 10 their countrymen even in
them the jury agreed on a true verdict,
viz MansIaughier We shall now en-
luire further into jury Partially, and since
his Lordship has not been able TO discover