FEW NOTES ON A RECENT TRIAL

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A RECENT TRIAL |.

InLearnanive OF

MOPUSSIL JUDICOATURE

Arvin heving bean aubjocted to wprosceutian protmcted for
steven months, diving whiol period my aniinary oepations
‘were, in consagics, almost totally auspended —eftor being pat
to expense, which to «wan of ordinary meas would have
proved almost ruiuowy~atter adféring yore wooks’ imprison
ment, I have born declared by the highest Criminal Comet of
the Realm ignuesnt of all laid to my charge

1b sixtker me that it raay not be without profit bn Iny hefuro
the publis « waratine of the proededings which have ened
ne somuch uaffering. Pousily it may he deernod ragyestive of
‘some reforn in those courts whicl have beca the scene of the
travaictions to whidhit relates, nud which, exercising functionsy
as well exsoutive aa judicial, possess powers which my cave
‘hows tay bo need to wonk auch oppression, Tbalin divloaes
4 womewbot enziots suomaly, thet whereas in other counties
‘woalth is eupposod in wome dagresto protent its pouseasot from
‘wrong, bere it operates to prevent him from obiaining that
msssine of justion which i¢ omsidered the due of poorer
Individaale

"Ths ryote of my. enlate of Bullootay ia the ‘Thooash Doom
Jas, Zila Howrah, leagued themeelves together ins coumpi=
‘acy or dlivrmoghuit with the avowor object df opposing aud

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Injucing me by every moana within their power. E huve every
reasm ta suspect, though i might be impossible to prove
judicially, thot a powerfid neighboring ¢eminrar, with whom
Tiiave Jong been on bud terms, was bebind the scones, In
fustherauoe af the object of the conspiracy onc of the asso”
ciated! ryote, by name Muldon Dey, on the 8th of Jamuney
1858 presented @ petition to Mr, Grey, the magistrate of
Howrah, stating his apprehension that my gomacteb of Bulloo

tes ndronsuth Moraoundac) world take foreilde means to
cevit 8 chou, ot fourth part, of the puschase munay of @
house suid to bave been a short tine previously sold by the
petitioner, and prayer foe protection, On this the mugistrate

orderol the derayah of Doonajoor to twhe wack messures fi
proweviny Ube porco as night appear to him proper, ‘The

Aarugah, withom making any enquiry, regnined Toth the

gomastak and the complainant to enter into a mochulka or
recngnisanie to keep die pose

‘The sume Mnddon on the 1th of Jamury again complain
eat to the magistrate, aioe oF the dbavogh
having token the muchulkn from the gonmasizh, the talwokelar,

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aacuniag mysclf, had become very angry, and had onlored the
gouuastah to pluudor Muddon's bovis and te arest, Muddow
Rimoulf ; and thar, in pursuacee of thot order, the gomastal,
od aseonbled Iatecals (chibmen) in different places on his
estate. Upun this the magistrate iemed orders, directing the
darogab, if he should find thas there was probability of ee,
peace being brokou, to send the complainant to give au jjalar
(statement) anu to send the gomastah and andyees or iatorals
to give puncbulkas hetore the usggistrate.

The dareega accordingly sent buth parties on the 27¢h
January Lefore the assistont magistrate at Hownd, who,
withont hearing any evidence, tnok a muchuika or resoguizance
from the gomasiah, the naib gumastuh, and one nndgee and

Uiree pykes, in 500 Rupees each,
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‘Tho gomasiah and others appaled te the ssivas judge
from the order of the assistant magistmte, but the julye
upheld tho order,

On the 16th Junuary 1858 the gomasteh, Fadoonautl,
prevonted a petition to the magistante, ia which he reprouented
that be hed never demauded sny chout frou Mrddou Dey, nor
vwed any fhronts towards hitn ; but that a large amount of
rent wos due ftom Muddin, with s view to avuid the pmuymenté
of which he was playing off these trioks, and prayed! that
Mnddon might bo punished for having brought a false com-
plaint, ‘The magistrate torwarded this petition to the durugah,
sau directed him, if uecewsnry, to send in Buddon tw give a
mnchulls,

Oa the 24th January Muidon Dey coupiained, daring the
sbeonre of the darngoh, to the jemwlar of the thannah, that
the gomaastah of Kristopore, a ncighboring village, bud under
the pretext of levying a distraiut under Regulation XX.
in the name of Goluk Grose and Kalikristo Napit: plundered
his property, ‘The jemnJar noted this complaint io the thannab
daily book.

Op ihe 92nd Jemary 1838 Maddon again appear beforn
the magisirate, and complained that the gumiastah, Judoo
Mouzocmndur, with veveral othice persons fad carried off his
property to tho amount of 1,000 Rupees from the shop of
Togounndee, with whom ho alleged that bo was in partnership;
on which the magistrate directed the darogah to inake « full
report on the eubject, The daroysh deputed the thanuah
mchurrir to hold an enquiry on the spot, The mohurrir
‘eportad on the 12th Februsry that of the alleged outrage, which
hie ascribed to the influence of the zemindar, 00 proof wa
forthcoming, and that Fugommndes and other wituomes had
deposed thal the pmperty alleged to have boon plundered
had been scld under process of law. ‘Tho mohurrir, however,
alleged that he had satisfied himself by private omquicy that