The trial of Shama Charan Pal : an illustration of village life in Bengal / [with an introduction by Miss Orme].

Date:
1897
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Credit: The trial of Shama Charan Pal : an illustration of village life in Bengal / [with an introduction by Miss Orme]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    the accused administered the morphia, but it is very likely that before throttling the deceased the prisoner gave him a ]oan to chew, which contained morphia. This was probably done to stupefy the man, so that he might not be in a position to resist. Besides the evidence already referred to, there is the evidence of the two women on whose information the corpse was discovered. One of whom, Lakhi Naptini, states that she had overheard a conversation between the prisoner and another man, and that was how she had learnt of the whereabouts of the corpse. Lakhi's evidence may be open to suspicion, and I will call her if I think it necessary to do so, I will call the following witnesses— Mati Debi and Pandu Ooriya to prove what occurred in the house. Bhuti, Kebalram, Khadan Bewa to prove that Jadu Chatterjee was seen going in the direction of the prisoner's house. The boys Gentu and Gaur Hari will prove the murder. Bindu Bewa, the grandmother of Gentu, will prove that the boy, on his return home, told her what he had seen. I will call Nritya, Kali- pada, Srikrishna, Prasanna Chatterjee (a cousin of the deceased), Shama Sundari (the mother of Mati) and Pocha, who accompanied Lakhi Naptini. I will also call Brindaban and Bijay Krishna, through whom the information about the corpse was communicated to the police, and Mahendra Patra who indicated to Pandu the name and residence of one of the two unknown women. I will also call Akhoy Banerjee, brother of Mati Debi, and Benimadhab Chatterjee, Basanta Kumar Mookerjee, S war up constable (who went with the corpse), Jagabandhu Ghosh, and the two divers. Hem Bagdi and Kali Charan; lastly I will call the prisoner's own son, Hira Lai, to prove that, under instructions from his father,