Fischer requested the Court to instruct the Police to bring the informer into Court, as the accused had every right to face him. he Court had taken a very severe view of opium cases, stated counsel, and in criminal cases it was Most important that a man who makes allegations be brought into Court to be cross-examined. The defence was entitled to know who actually gave the information and who were the rea] proprietors of the opium shops. When the Court was more lenient, the defence did not insist on the production of informers, but this Was important now that the Court took a serious view of the matter.
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