With the close of proceedings in the Mixed Court, matters mover rapidly in connexion with the "No tax no rep: sentation" agitation, end it was soon apparent that the Municipal authorities did not intend to give the agitators much time to do anything but obey the order of the Mixed Court to pay. At must have come as something of 'a surprise to most of these concerned in the refusal to pay, that instead of sentences of imprisonment being passed, with the chance of a "martyrdom" the Mixed Court tol-lowed the ordinary procedure of ordering a distraint upon the defaulters' goods. Warrants of distrain were ready soon after tiffin and the police with as little delay as possible commenced to execute then.
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