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-Of • . nine to these papers, and his opinion was that the
1,,,..!ja was not guilty. If•other persons examined these
Papers with the same care, that would, he thought,
be their opinion also. Of the authenticity of the
documents that were before him he had no doubt
whatever; there was-nothing secret about them ; he
could give the Court the names, dates, and places con-
nected with them; they had shed a new light on the sub-
ject. They proved to him the absolute inocence of the
Raja ; that he had been the unseemly victim of false
accusation ; and that the great error of these proceedings
had. peen secrecy, aided by the wicked plans of the ma-
lignant enemies of the Raja. He had had enemies ; he
(Mr. Thompson) could point to their names and
their hiding places. He was surprised at the motion for
adjournment. What was the motive of the Directors ?
Did they desire that the Raja should not be found inno-
cent ?—(Hear.) Was that the conduct of honourable
men who wished to do their duty ? Would not such
men have said they had rather prove themselvesin error, li
than that the Raja should be found guilty ?—(Hear,
hear.) Had the Court of Directors felt as they ought,
they would have letit be shown that the Raja was inno-
cent.—(Hear.) They would have taken every Oppor-
tunity of ascertaining all the facts. They would have
said, " Oar servants may have misled us ; their excellent
character and long services induced us to believe they
were correct ; but if you can show that our judgment
was not sound—if you have papers from which you think
the Raja was unjustly dethroned, let us know those
faults in order that we may come at the truth of this
matter." Such would be the feelings and languticre of
"ge ntlerneu desiring to govern India upon principles of
ustice—of doing justice there to all people, from the
prince on his throne to the ryot in his hut.
Several Directors loudly protested against the use of
these documents. They reflected upon the character of
the resident,-ColonelOvans, who was an officer of honour
and integrity.
.The CHAIRMAN again moved that the Court do now.
adjourn.
Mr. TetostPsox said he had no desire to implicate any
British officer, but he must do justice. to the innocent
man who had been dethroned, As for motions of ad-
journment, they would have no effect upon him. Ile
should stand his ground.—(Order, order.) Gentlemen
might cry order, but he would meet the cry with
" justice,' " justice," though late, to a cruelly injured
man. The next document he would read was the exa-
mination of this man. (By whom examined?) By the
Raja.
A PROPRIETOR—I could get fifty such depositions. I
don't believe a word of them.

- Mr. THOMPSON-But you believed the depositions
against the Raja, and condemned him without giving
him a single copy. Now you are for, ruling thesp of
Mine out of Court. Is this justice ?
" Examination of Haibat Rao, at Sattara, on the 23d of
November, 1838, with reference to the above Depo-
sition.

" The prisoner having been enjoined to speak the
truth, the following questions were put to him in the
presence of the Raja :
" Q. Do you still adhere to the Statement you made in
your deposition, as to the persons therein named and the
circumstances mentioned ? A. Yes, Balajipunt Natoo
and Balajikasi Kibey took Atram Luksunlan and myself
the Resident, in order to remove any doubt we
might entertain as to their means of fulfilling the pro-
mises they made regarding the jageer of ten thousand'
rupees and the lac of rupees cash. On obtaining the Re-
sident's sanction we forged the papers.
" Q. How many letters and papers did you forge with
the Raja's seals ?—A. Eleven letters and twenty-ave
oth,r papers ; altogether thirty-six documents.
" Q. How many persons were there in the conspiracy?
—A. Atinaram Luksumun, Nishwanath Rao Bapuji
tin And Ran, myself, and Janeo Bhandari, the keeper of
his Highness' seals.
"Q. TO whom were the papers given, and how many
:IN there still remaining ?—A. Atmaram Lukstunun
wave me one- letter and two other papers, and the rest
were in the possession of the other three individuals.
Tim three documents which were in my possession I
took to Maid!), (near Bombay), and put them for safety
into the hands of Luchman, a Brahmin ; and Nana
Gum, Bhawu Leley and Atmaram Luksumun informed
Ate that they had found a man who could forge the hand-
writing of Bella Sahib Chitnis, his Highness' secretary.
" The above is a true and correct 'statement of the