The assault ease came to an end fon 'Thursday when the second defendant, Jagat Singh, was acquitted of both' charges, and the first defend ant, Jamal Din, was committed for trial in the Supreme Court.
Summing up, Mr. C. H. Haines, the Reyistar, said that he had considered the evidence before him, and he was going to consider the charge of robbery first. The two were charged with together robbing complainant of $500 in notes. He did not think that the evidence for the prosecution justified him putting, them fu trial by. jury for this charge. How much of the evidence produced by Jagat Singh it was possible to beeve he could not say.
He could only find' one of the witnesses for the prosecution who admitted that he could not say who! the other Indian was" with Jamal Din running away after the assault. He lid taken this evidence—into consideration together with the evidence of the other witnesses, but he did not think that any jury' would) convict Jagat Singh of this robbery. Jamal Din had reserved his defence on the charge of robbery. The evidence against him for that charge was the evidence of the complainant himself, and of another Indian by the name of Sandu Singh. Sandu wished to be dealt with summarily district. It is very unfortunate that In the Police Court, he got In such a neighbourhood, but Accused replied that he was will-T have no doubt taking opium did
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