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28. John Edward Scott swn. #I am 1.8.A.61 and Armourer Sergt.
to the Police Seree. On 7th August last I received from last
witness 81 shells of rifle ammunition. I had previously received
the rifle in Court marked B.543. Examination of the rifle showed
that it had been recently fired. In the face of the bolt
I found a peculiar snip near the striker hole which would leave
a mark on the face of the percussion cap in every cartridge fired
from that rifle. Examination of the empty shells revealed that
14 of them must have been fired in the rifle in Court. I tested
this by firing 15 rounds from the rifle and comparing the 15
shells with the 14. The remaining 67 shells I was satisfied
were fired from 5 different rifles only."
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Jury No X X.
sd. J. E. Scott L.S.A.61.
Armourer
ød. R. E. Lindsell
P.M.
29. Edward Dudley corseaden Wolfe swn. "I am I.G.P. and have
so been for the past 12 years. No satisfactory police records
exist prior to 1919, other than actual crime records. From
such records as exist and from oral statements to me, I gather
that this is the 4th case since 1897 of an Indian Police officer
running amok. In 1897 I understand that a Sikh Police Constable
ran amok, shot at the Inspector 1/c Central but missed him, and
was afterwards shot down.
In January 1903 another Sikh (B.593) shot and wounded another
I.P.C. at Hunghom and was himself shot down.
In July 1918 P.C.B.18, another sikh, ran amok at Tai 0, shot
and killed the officer in charge in the Charge Room, set the
Station on fire, and finally shot himself.
In my opinion it is quite impossible to provide against the
recurrence of such affairs. The nature of their duties requires that I.P.Cs., especially in the outlying stations, should carry
arms or have access to armS.
In my time it has been necessary to arm the chinese members of
the force also.