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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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Rustāmju Rustonjee whe

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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