The charges endeavouring to seduce soldiers on March 15, which the police preferred against Amar Singh and Dalup Singh, were dis missed by Mr. GW. King, 0.2, jin H. M. Police Court on Wedvesday, the Magistrate in commenting, said, 'It is regrettable that I have n9 evidence upon which I can frame charge, as the law now stands, for although the men were found within 'a military camp with sedition literature' in their possession they Thad committed no overt act.' Mr.
Maitland prosecuted and Mr. Tycho Wing defended, 'AIL Bey, Honorary Captain with the 3/14th Punjabis, said he saw accused 10 of 12 paces within the compound. They asked for a lance knight, named Siriam Singh, and ho knew that no such person was enrolled. Captain Language then. ordered their errest.
Captain C.F. S. Language, that he saw the men gate to the camp, talking previous witness." Witness asked them what they wanted, they replying that they were Hindus and want. ed to seo Siriam Singh. Witness telephoned to the police and they}* were later removed to Yangtstepoo station.
In giving evidence Sergt. Lees, on duty in the charge room at the time, said he supervised the search made by S. P. C. S21. Certain papers were found on Amar Singh, which the interpreter could not translate. Several of them were from Sax} Francisco and one, an exhibit, was! called "The United States of India' Witness identified two of them.
P. ©. 221 identified the two native papers as being, one cads Urdu and Gromkhi.
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