Abercrombie took Trinidad from the Spanish and left Lt Col Picton as the island’s Commandant (the same Picton who later met his end at Waterloo).
Picton took a fancy to a mulatto girl who was shacked up with an Irish sergeant in the British Army. In order to get the girl, Picton bribed her to accuse said sergeant of rape. This she did, and Picton hanged the sergeant and got the girl…the sun never sets on the Empire!! http://www.friesian.com/british.htm