| On October 24, 1886, Normanton Incident occurred that all the 25 Japanese passengers on board of the ship were drowned; although Drake was accused of drowning the passengers, he was found not guilty by the British consul Troup of the consulate of Kobe, under the judgement of the consular jurisdiction. |
1886年10月24日、ノルマントン号事件が発生、日本人乗客25名全員を溺死させた罪に問われたが、領事裁判権により在日神戸英国領事ツループから無罪判決を下された。 |