2nd March, 1806.
To Sir J Blaine.
Sir. I write to you with a heavy heart in the hopes that you can avert a serious miscarriage of justice which is currently taking place in Chatham, regarding your former employee, Mister Morgan De Hogue.
During the events of late last year on Saint Albans Island, I worked extensively with Morgan De Hogue, and I know for a fact that he did not commit the crimes he has been found guilty of. In particular he could not have committed the murders of Joseph Arkwright or Jack Kirby, because he was aboard HMS Pegasus at the time of their deaths.
Neither do I believe he was responsible for any of the other deaths which occurred during the last week we were on the island.
Having worked with Mister De Hogue, I know, as I am sure you do, that he is a good and an upstanding man of great character and loyalty to the service, and totally innocent of the crimes in question.
I beseech you Sir as his loyal friend, to intervene in this matter and spare not only his life, but the tragedy and shame his execution would mean to the grand institution of British Justice.
Your faithful servant,
Mr Thomas Bailey.
No comments:
Post a Comment