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brought it from the gamblor's house, and gave it to Utter Singh: 10 dollars a week The Captain said here is written 70 cents: how did you give 10 dollars?" He said 70 cents of this house of which it was the paper : and 70 of another house" The Captain said "Why did you give it?” He said "we people gave it through fear: that we might not be beaten but he admitted he never had

ben beaten

The Cartaim askedme what my answer was I said I

never saw him I took money from nobody The Capatin said you have given petitions about your pension : you want pension: he woul now give me pension ". and he would send the statements to the

Governor I was then dismissed

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After a month I met the Inspector William Stanton : and I told him what had been got up against me. I had gi en my petition about 13th: Septr: ( about sending my letter to England) and this Chiallon business was on the 1st: October

Stanton said that in his case Chiallon had denied

giving money to policemen : I said "come and tell the law-agent"

to the Tehsildar or to the He said he would go whenever I liked Judge I took Mr: Stanton to the law-agent

ile was not at home

Next day he went to he law-agent alone -and gave his statement

This

and the law-agent also took my statement about Chiallon.

was in November

Then I presented a petition. again to the Gover-

nor about Chiallon giving Stanton's statement : and asked that th also might br sent to England

on

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I got a reply to my first petition to England on 30th: December : and on 30th: or 31st: January to the petit- ion in which Mr: Stanton's statement was given. Rocha and Ganda

I did'n No answer was given Singh's stateemnt I asked copies of

Chiallon is a detective : ask copies of the other statement

private detective

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The charge for which I am dismissed is that I gave

a loan to Rocha

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The above statement taken by

pth:

July 1898

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