They had been provoked to the extreme; a later trial found only two of them guilty of manslaughter (not willful murder) and they were branded on the hand(.).

• 英国士兵被激怒到了极点；事后的审判裁定只有其中两个士兵犯了过失杀人罪(非蓄意谋杀)而且在他们手上烙印(注：一种刑罚)。