CO129-288 - Public Offices & Others - 1898 — Page 298

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and at two o'clock Captain May calledme and said the Governor had dismissed me . I said I had been tyranically treated (bara

He sand Thab!!! de : put out from the office. Next day I went to a few-bfent; sulm hua) lie skadu'dagtflisdő togatlantagent thalioffrevers WILD who said he would write my case to the Governer I went on vis- iting him for 7 weeks: then he said he was very busy. I then

went to another law-agent Mr: Reece who took my statement He

Then

said he would apply for copy of the record, He got no reply.

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a Parsee --Məhta-- made up the papers for me in English I presentê

my petitions at the Governer's office.Three times I gave a pet-

ition three times was told nothing could be done The third

time I got the refusal would be about July.'

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Then Mehta prepared an appeal for Magland

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and getting it printed, on the 13th: Septr: I presented it at

the Governor's Office : and to this I got no reply. On the 27th:

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I petitioned to know whether my petition had gone to England

no reply.

sergeant came

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On October 1st: I was in my hàuse when a police

and told me the Captaim wanted me in the office at

4 o'clock I went and the Captain took me to the Jail. A prisoner

there was an interpreter there Mackie the Chief

and a

was called

Inspector was also there and a Punjabi, Sundar Singh

Chiness interprater : six altogether

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The Captain gave the prisoner

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(whose name was Camia) a red paper which he took from his pocket The prisoner read "572" and "36". which he explained was the number of a policeman "gambling money was given them daily, For 072 gave 75 cents per diem to Chiallon a Chinaman, Captain May said "I do'nt ask about him: but tell about 086 ". For 866 was also given so much to Chiallon. The Captain said "do you know him?"" The prisoner said " no" The Captain said "Is he among those

The Capt-

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here?" The prisoner said he couldnot recognise him

ain sais did you ever converse with him? "The prisoner said “no”

I once saw he wore a uniform "How do you recognise him?" (ans) "What kind of a uniform?" "One like a sepoy": a sash (jal) on his shoulder". The Captain said to me, "the prisoner says this about

what have you to say?" I said I never saw the fellow and know

Chiallon was sent not what he says The prisoner was dismissed

you,

for

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(kotri)

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close to the and he came out from a little room Captain's chair: the door of the kotri was open and a further door Chiallon came in. and the paper was shown to Chiallon

Chiallon said “672" & $36 “86" The Captain said "what is written?“

The Captain said "I did'nt ask about 570: what is this which is further written in front of 586. Chiallon said "70 cents": he had

brought it from the gambler's house

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and gave it to Utter Singh :

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10 dollars a week