The Barbadian reported on a sitting of the Court of Grand Sessions, where several criminal cases resulted in sentences ranging from imprisonment with hard labor to death. The grand jury also reviewed wider social issues, expressing support for free labor, education, and prison reform while raising concerns about overcrowding at the island’s psychiatric facility.
As the war disrupted global shipping through German attacks on Allied vessels, colonial territories like Barbados faced new challenges linked to wartime movement and...
The Barbadian continues its discussion on the trial of Samuel Jackman Prescod who was charged with libel.
The gruesome murder of a young boy in Barbados.