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ACQUITTED AND THEN HANGED.
WAS A JUDICIAL ALENDER BBER COMMITTED?
tragic story relating to the adminis tration of justies in Tudia, which is likely to he raised in Parliament, ima'e public in Tadia, London journal devoted to Indian Affairs. The facts are set out in correspondence between Sir Henry: Cotton and Lord Crewe.
In connection with an agrarian disputa says the jourunt), three landholders of Quill-Chutkan Singh, Sikhdar Singh, and Gangs Siegh—were tried for murder before Air. H. J. Rolf, the Sessions Judge of Sitapura civiling of 1 years' standing. Mr. Bell in his judgment said "Ind timpossible to convict on the evidence offered, for I do not believe it.", Thà sà. eused were accordingly acquitted and set at liberty. This was on February 22, 1912
A curious fentura of criminal procedure in India is that power is vested in a local governoicut to appeal within six months to the High Court against an acquittal. That was done. No now with ssos word at- amined, nɔ additional evidencü was take uo oral evidence at all was hufora the court,. and the decision-of the judicial commis siopers was arrivád að after a perusal of the record of the Scasions judgs. That, den cision (August 10) was to reverse the ac quittal, to convict the accused, And tǝdirect INRIVALLED position in the Bill that Chatkan Singh and Sikhdas
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Sikhdar Singh) bo sentenced to transports. by one competent court were, on the same tion for life. Thus two-porno-» acquitted
record and without further evidence, son- | tenced to be hanged by another!!
Still more amazing (continues Ladia"). is the graver scandal which follows. The convicted person' appealed on August 97 to the Licatenant Governor for a revisor or commutation of sentence. Thu L autonnnt. Governor (who had appealed agatost their acquittal and had prosecuted, them to Conviction) dealined to interfero (Angust 31) It the montime the date of execution had been fixed for September 9,
Counsel for the prisoner, and the father of one of the condemned man, "overwhelmed tho Lieutenant-Governor and the Govorn- ment of India at Simla with telograms praying that the date of execution might TOCATION good for Hillside Scenery postponed to allow time for a further and ONLY TWO MINUTES WALKppeal for mercy to be submitted to the Government of India. Ia vain; the FROM BUSINESS CENTRE..
telegrams to the Government of India were Families, Residents and Tourista transmitted to the Linatenant Governor, who remained abdumte, and Chatkan made thoroughly comfortable.
Singh and Silchar Singh were banged.
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furnished by Professor J. S. Daxter, of Columbia University, of a contribution which mosquitoes appear to make towards natural processes they pollinate orchids A research student, Mine Diels, working at plant znelozy, first informed the Pro- fessor that in a neighbouring marsh she had even a mosquito bearing on its head two smill yellow masses which tooked like poller. Professor Dexter went to the Mancger, marsh and eight number of mosquitoes 135 of them bearing the yellow makes which proved to be pollen of the orchid Habenarin obbments, at that time abundant. and in full bloom. It is a small green and inconspiccous orchid, but its flower; in: rory similar in constraction to that of Chichis mascala, duscribed by Darwin in his book on orchida, Moreover, with arquitoes substituted for bees the com plex process of pollination is very nearly identicnl in the esse of either orchid. Pro-
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A rscant issue of the Panama Morn ing Journal," under the heading "Canal Alacrity Zono Nows" says Dr. Malcolm Wat- "Atlas son, the well-known English sanitarian Emble who has been visiting the Isthmus ad-
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Guns. I.H.P
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2000
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1400
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1040
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27,000
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1800
12 23,000
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210
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350
8300
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torpedo boat dealzuyo
7600
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1400
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