Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Byng ya kasa sauƙaƙe wani sansanin Birtaniya da aka kewaye a lokacin yakin Minorca a farkon Yakin Shekaru Bakwai. Ya yi tafiya zuwa Minorca a kan jirgin ruwa da aka tara cikin hanzari, wasu cikin jiragensu ba su da kyau. Ya yi gwagwarmaya da wani jirgin ruwan Faransa a bakin tekun Minorcan sannan ya zabi ya koma Gibraltar don gyara jiragensa. Bayan ya dawo Biritaniya, an gurfanar da Byng a gaban kotun soji kuma aka same shi da laifin rashin "yin iyakar ƙoƙarinsa" don hana Minorca daga fadawa hannun Faransawa
Ka yi haƙuri. An yanke masa hukuncin kisa kuma, bayan da aka ƙi yin roko don jinƙai, an harbe shi da wani firist a ranar 14 ga Maris, 1757.