The Archive · 1923

ACCUSED'S GUILELESS TALE

The. first accused said that he was passing in the alleyway at the time when he heard shots, A foreigner fired at him and he fell to the ground on his knees. He did not go-into the house and did not have a revolver. He ran away because he was frightened. He did not know the second accused.

The second man said that he had been asked to go to the house to take part in an opium raid and he was given a parcel which was later found to contain a pistol. The first accused was not a member of their party. Witness said that he did not know the pared he was carrying contained a pistol, as otherwise he

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