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A detailed report of the proceedings on the trial of the eighteen Parsee prisoners for murder before the Supreme Court Bombay on the 17th July 1844. Also an Appendix with a Petition to the Queen on behalf of the prisoners
184524004London: Samuel Clarke 1845. First printing. pamphlet. Good overall. 8vo 118pp. Disbound but complete. Deaccessed by the NY Association of the Bar Library with their stamp on the title page.<br /> <br /> An Indian murder tried under British law in which Parsi defendants were accused of murdering another Parsi adherents of Zoroastrianism in Bombay with a rapid and harsh sentence meant to instill fear of British law and punishment in the local people. <br /> <br /> The trial was held at the Supreme Court before the British Chief Justice of Bombay Sir Henry Roper. The all European jury produced a guilty verdict against ten of the eighteen with 8 acquitted. The Chief Justice sentenced 6 of the 10 to transportation for life to Singapore due to a mercy appeal from the jury but sentenced the remaining four to be hanged. <br /> OCLC: 563643483 2 copies British Library. Samuel Clarke unknown
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