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 Madras Courier 1792
| Date transcribed | 2000-00-00 | | Transcribed by | Peter Schofield | | Comment | Names transcribed from (microfilmed copy held in the British Library) the Madras Courier, Vol VIII, Numbers 326-341, 1792. |
 | Surname | Dillon | | | Forename | Daniel | | | Rank | Matross | | | Occupation or Status | 1st Battalion of Artillery | | | Location | Madras  | | | Summary Remarks | Continuation of the Proceedings at the late session of Oyer and Terminer - Daniel Dillon a Matross of the 1st Battalion of Artillery was arraigned on four several indictments for Felony and Murder. He deserted his party at the Mount with his Fusee and Bayonet and nine rounds of ball cartridge. He proceeded to the adjacent village of Sidapet and shot and killed four defenceless natives, to plunder their turbans and cloths. The Serjeant of the party sent to apprehend him gave an account that Dillon fired upon them and ran away. He was found Guilty and was ordered for immediate execution, and his body to be afterwards hung in chains near the spot where the murders were committed. | | | Article Type | News Article | | | Issue Number | Vol. VIII, No. 341 | | | Issue Day | 19 | | | Issue Month | April | | | Issue Year | 1792 |
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