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A fact from Jasper Abraham murder case appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 2 April 2023 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:
Did you know... 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?
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... 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
ALT1: ... that in 1923 a white settler in Kenya who flogged a black employee to death received just two years imprisonment? Source: Per above
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@Dumelow: I've finished my review of the article and left a few minor comments below. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns regarding my suggestions; thank you very much. Kimikel (talk) 21:35, 12 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Hi Kimikel, thanks for your thorough review. I agree with all your comments and have actioned per below. Let me know if you need anything else - Dumelow (talk) 06:01, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
Thank you for your prompt response. I've gone through the article and made a few minor chances; now I feel that there is nothing left to change. Congratulations, and thank you for your quality work! Kimikel (talk) 20:32, 13 May 2025 (UTC)[reply]
The jury, which was all-European and composed of Abraham's acquaintances, found him guilty of a lesser charge of "grievous hurt" and he was sentenced to two years' imprisonment. Wikilink grievous hurt and remove quotations.
At the conclusion of the case Sheridan commended the jury in a report to the British Colonial Office, for their efforts in trying a man "intimately known to many of them". > At the conclusion of the case Sheridan commended the jury for their efforts in trying a man "intimately known to many of them" in a report to the British Colonial Office.
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@Dumelow: Good article. AGF on sources I can't access. Onegreatjoke (talk) 18:03, 4 March 2023 (UTC)