The Magistrate—It may work on: that the men in hospital will charge these two men with assaulting them. The police may change their minds (Pointing to a small automatic} the exhibits)
Mr. Maitland—Yee.
The Magistrate—Well, when a man ures a pistol, it only a charge under a by-law?
Mr. Mai: land—It may be only preliminary. We cannot do much morg when we cannot get anyone to Magistrate—Aht Now we thing it. Two men are Malwa and they don't know what are the other two Det.-Sergt. Robertson said that he was called to Bubbling Well Police Station to investigate a disturbance amongst a number of Sikhs on, Sunday afternoon. He found Hira and Jangar lying outside the station both with blood-stained clothing, and Hira was wounded in the bea Banta was detained in the station. 'A small axe, an automatic pistol, tw> big and heavy sticks and a ghavdavt were found near the scene of *ho affray.
The ghandasa was a broad curved Steel blade about a foot in length, with a socket at each end. Witness explained that nominally it was an agricultural implement, but Indians adopted the practice of carrying them on their belts and, when required, by] slipping a stick through the sockets, they were provided with a formid-Able battle-axe. As a consequence it had been made an offence to carry. a ghandasa in Indi Mr. Blaitland showed t™*.one of] the sticks—a long, strain -.ece of: heavy wood—exnetly fitted the: blade, and he illustrated tke. poten alities of the weapon by some Viking-like passes over the Press table.
The witness continued that be} a found Narain, also injured, lying on the ground near St. John's College. On the way there witness met Kis! Singh, who was in a dishevelled state and Was carrying the stick which sensed to be designed as the batt of the ghandasa. He said it was the property of Banta.
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