2-888-199 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Trial of the Rioters (Oct. 1) in the Court-House, at Trinidad, 1850. Illustration '...from a Sketch by Mr. Cazabon, a native artist of Trinidad. It shows the interior of the Court-House, on the 17th of December, during the trial. Upon the bench are seated Chief Justice Knox and Justice Bowen; below them are the Registrar and the Marshal of the Court; in the witness-box is Mr. Guiseppi: the barrister standing is Mr. Anderson, counsel for the defence; and to his right are the Hon. Henry Fuller, Advocate and member of Council; and next to him, Mr. Celestine Surrera, the chief prisoner...the prisoners...consisted of ten men (ignorant labourers) and four women, all Negroes'. They were on trial for participating in '...destructive riots which took place at Trinidad on the 1st of October, which led to loss of life, and outrage on person and property'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.