The Archive · 1923

A Charge of Perjury Withdrawn

Sikhs Discharged in Police Court When Bishen Singh and Bungan Singh appeared on remand on Monday before Mr. D. R. Cooke at H. M. Police Court, in connexion with charges of perjury, it was announced that the prosecution did not wish to proceed with the case. The complainant, F. M. da Cruz, alleged that in recent proceedings against him on a judgment _summons in the Supreme Court, Bishen Singh wilfully made a false statement, as evidence of ability to pay, that complainant was teaching a school of boys, 12 in number, at $4 a head, and Bungan said he had seen him teaching in the school, statements whith complainant absolutely denied.

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