Judge Arthur Gilbert stood alone under a baobab tree and mused, never having come across such a simple and intractable case. This case has left him, a judge who has heard countless difficult cases, to the side.
This case is really simple, it is an ordinary rape case, and the police have investigated it clearly. It is easy to make a judgment under English law. But to his embarrassment, there were "too many people" involved, 19, which is half of the adult men in the area, and that if the law were to be decided, the locals would protest by refusing to have children.
He regretted coming to this small island called Pitcairn a little, he did not expect that the inhabitants of this isolated island of less than a hundred people would be so rebellious.
The inhabitants of Pitcairn Island have rebellious genes in their bloodlines.
The first to come to the island was a rebellious crew member named Christine. The Industrial Revolution of the eighteenth century greatly increased britain's national strength, and their warships swept across the sea.
Life at sea at that time was very difficult, so that the ship, except for the captain and the senior crew, was generally poorer. The ship also naturally formed two contrasting lives, the captains of the daily wine and food, the sailors can only eat spoiled bread, drink green stinky water. In addition, captains and officers often withheld sailors' salaries and whipped disobedient "thorn heads".
The captain of Christine's ship is even more perverted, he is self-absorbed and rude, and the crew under his hands is not beaten or scolded, which is like a tiger. What made Christine even more distressed was that due to the typhoon, the monsoon was missed, and the return date had to be extended. The discontent of the crew grew day by day, and finally reached the point of eruption.
One morning, Christine rushed into the captain's quarters with a group of sailors, tied up the captain and his supporters, and threw them on a large ship. With a group of sailors and supplies, and a treasure called a baobab tree, he fled to a place called Daxi.
For safety, Christine only stopped in The Creek for a short time, and 9 supporters, with supplies, took 12 indigenous women and 6 indigenous men to hide in the desolate Pitcairn Island, where they built houses, reclaimed wasteland, and planted baobabs.
In order to compete for the limited resources of the island, Christine and four sailors were killed by the Aborigines, and then the Aboriginal women helped the sailors kill the Aboriginal men, leaving only 4 Britons and 10 Aboriginal women left on the island.
Life on the island was so hard that two sailors wanted to escape back to England, and the others, fearing revealing the island's location, killed them as well. Then another sailor died of an illness, leaving only an adult man named Adams on the island.
A dozen years later, an American whaling ship discovered the island. To the american surprise, there was only one adult man on this small English-speaking island, and the others were teenage children and women.
The Americans, who knew the situation, reported Adams to the British government. The Royal Navy landed on Pitcairn Island and arrested Adams.
Because Adams had passed the statute of limitations and had a better confession, the English court pardoned Adams. At this time, the island naturally became the smallest colony under British rule.
In order to cope with the increase in the island's population and poor resources, the British government has twice moved the island's residents out, but there are still some people who miss their homeland, and a few "rebellious" families have moved back to the island.
By around 1996, 4 large families with a total of 50 people were crammed into The Island of Pickcairn. It was also the year that a priest reported a rape case on the island to England. Judge Arthur Gilbert also came to the island.
After investigation, more than half of the men on the island will be arrested. Some scholars believe that if there is no amnesty, this place will become a desert island, and the local woman also said, "When this happens, both sides are responsible, and the girls on the island mature very early." However, the British court considered the ugliness of the island to be "disgraceful to the Queen of England" and did not agree to the amnesty.
As a result, the British government began to transport supplies, judges, lawyers, volunteers to the island, and built a prison with 6 cells, and sent scholars to civilize the islanders.
Today, this once desolate island full of rebellious blood has become a tourist destination. Although there are no soft sandy beaches, no beautiful coral reefs, and it is still very remote and far from the mainland, its legendary story still attracts countless tourists to this desolate island and explore the mysteries of the strange islanders.