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having been confiscated by his injured master. 

 The accusation was further suj)ported by three 

 other persons, viz. Jokee Ram, a moonshee of 

 infamous character, who was at the very time a 

 convict undergoing sentence in a British jail ; 

 Peer Ali Gohur, who had been also formerly in 

 Meer Ali Moorad's service, and was implicated 

 in the guilt of Shaikh Ali Husseyn ; and Tower 

 Mull, another convict in the same jail. These 

 individuals all stipulated in writing for large 

 rewards, as the condition for giving their in- 

 formation, besides a free pardon for their past 

 crimes. Such was the kind of evidence pro- 

 duced against the unfortunate Meer, and on 

 which His Highness was condemned. It is un- 

 necessary further to dilate on this monstrous, 

 and, to the British authorities, most disgraceful 

 affair, except to state that the witnesses were 

 released from jail and rewarded for their valuable 

 testimony, whereby the Marquis of Dalhousie was 

 enabled to annex territory to the value of about 

 £80,000 a year. Thus, not only did his Lord- 

 ship deprive Meer Ali j\Ioorad of the district 

 that he is accused of having obtained by unfair 

 means, but he also seized upon a large portion 

 of the lands that he otherwise possessed. Shaikli 



