Continuing, aeensed gave a long Jaccount of an unsuccessful deputy ation to the Consulate, and then sai that his grievance wax religious, not political, although he was "very fond to understand political affairs." He then sigeveted that Jemadar Buddha Singh had tried to trick him into some political entanglement, and Ja_consequence he carefully avoided kro"ps where polities were being discussed, "running away from the place with a beating heart." He further alleged that he had been dismissed from his job as school-maser in the police school for palitical reasons, and then added that he would rather suffer capital punish ment than salute Captain Barrett, His Worship—You have had con siderable latitude, bult Teannot, allow a remark of that kind. Tt is made for the benefit of your: friends at the back of the Court, and for that purpose only, and you know Gujjan's next line of attack was that the police had endeavoured to Ret fellow Sikhs to fabricate evid~ fence against him, and had dismiss-a man who refused to do it. Further,.they had threatened to Jdismiss men who sent their children his school. In onelusion, he' said he wats sorry the Court had had
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