Judge Lynch: Revision history

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28 November 2025

  • curprev 21:4721:47, 28 November 2025 TCDE-Team talk contribs 607 bytes +607 Created page with " Historical expression. Charles Lynch (1736-1796) was an American planter, politician, military officer and judge who headed a kangaroo court in Virginia to punish Loyalists during the Revolutionary War. The terms "lynching", "lynch law", or "Judge Lynch" are believed to be derived from his surname. == In the Sherlock Holmes stories == * Scowrer Morris suggested that "a Judge Lynch that might try the case" if they became too repressive (VALL {{refcanon|VALL|2..."
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