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The rec-ipte have printed on their reverse side certain Indian writing, the plate for which is kept in safe-custody at the Gaol. The issued receipts are audit-numbered and it is mort improbable that other receipts had been manufactured and were ready to hand at auch short notice. The story as to the transmission of the sum of $113.93 is singularly unconvincing. If a plot existed, L-8 alleged, its object would have already been achieved when Alim Khan akrendy stood convicted of having sent 8100 only, and the two clerks would hardly have produced the sun in question out of their ow pockets in order to enable Alim khan to mitigate his offence to the extent of being able to show that he had made tardy reparation by paying over all the money due.
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The case seems to me to be abundantly clear. Alim Khan was very hard pressed for money he himself sugested that one witness was aware that an Indian was threatening him with arrest for debt and e considerable sun of money came into his hands. He at once made use of it for his own purposes, hoping perhaps to be able eventually to replace it. He foresaw that a letter must go to India and that accordingly he must send money. He drafted that letter with cost clever care, anticipating that the Deputy Commissioner would know nothing of longkong exchange; and his anticipation was entirely justified by the event, as the Deputy Commissioner did in fact acknowledge the receipt of Rs. 145 5 O being the equivalent of 8213.93. It is possible that, as the days rent by and the sending of any Loney rained a matter of the greatest difficulty, he conceived the idea that he would be able to intercept a letter from the Deputy Commissioner reporting the non-receipt of the money, and could then consider
his further action. Be this as it may, he had reckoned without one all-important factor, namely his transfer from the Registry, lle in all probability heard rumours of this early in June. He then realised that it had become imperative to send some money, and be
bought the Money Order of the 14th. June. His anticipation tant
the Deputy Commissioner would not understand the exchange rate was
realized, but he heard that the Registry had discovered the dis-
-crepancy.
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