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lelary, ache on tainly advised Mr Stanford) te plead guilty and addressed the Court at length in mitigation of fremsishment but I have me thowledge whation of the fact alleged by 44? Säuford that her husband was indured to follow the advice of his
refresentation that such
Camsel
expen
the
a cause would have the effect of reducing
the punishment to at most six enonites .
Mr. Stanford.
was
the
part
oronev
and manage of an Oprium Hulk or floating wavhenso, and listuvise an Inspeter of Opium. He was in the habit of warehousing large quantities of opium for a Parses) merchant named Rustanjer
Ruslanjes who raised large sums of money by pledging this Opine le the principal Bausus of the
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Colony by means of Delivery Ordus
camtusigned by Hanford...
Rustāmju Rustonjee whe
wao a
considerable
· very cons.
custome of Stanford ultimately fell into difficuthier and according to Stanford's account prevailed upon the latter at a mament of great financial pressure to let hiin take from the stove-ship at different
I number of Chests of opium
linis
A.
great
which had been pledged to the Bausters under a solemn premise that he would replace them
on the arrival of the nest Calcutta Steamers.
These advances of Opium by straferd
to Rustomju
were carried. le such an
extent that actum the femmiary poriniary
ambara foments of the tatter induced him