Arthur Hodge
In international terms, probably the most significant event which occurred in the Territory's legal history was the trial and execution of Arthur William Hodge for the murder of a slave; the only time a British subject was ever executed for killing a slave.
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—Qur’An. The Night-Star, 86:5-7, ed. Arthur J. Arberry (1955)