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Report of a Trial for Rebellion, held at Moulmein by the 

 Commissioner of Tenasserim. Communicated by the 

 Sudder Dewanny Adawlut. With a plate. 

 GOVERNMENT 

 versus. 

 NAG PAYN and 20 others. 

 Charge — Rebellion attended with Murder. 

 This trial came on before the commissioner of the 

 Tenasserim Provinces at the sessions for the month of 

 February 1844. 

 The prisoners pleaded not guilty to the following charge : 



1 . Nga Pyan, Prisoner. 



Charge. 

 1st. In having, during the month of May 1843, un- 

 lawfully assembled men for purposes treasonable to the 

 state, and subversive of the public tranquillity. 



2ndly. In having, on the 15th of the same month, un- 

 lawfully resisted with arms the officers of the Govern- 

 ment, thereby causing bloodshed. 



3rdly. In having been concerned as accessary in the 

 wilful murder of Nga Kaloo, on the 15th May 1843. 

 Prisoners. 



1 . Nga Shoay Loo, 



2. Nga Shoay Mounj 



3. Nga Dot, 



4. Nga Shoay Pho, 



5. Nga Yee, 



6. Nga Pathee, 



7. Nga Daray, 



8. Nga Pok, 



9. Nga Han, 

 10. Nga Nyaik, 



1 1 . Nga Shoay Koo, 



12. Nga Wey, 



13. NgaOungMeng, 



14. NgaDok, 



15. Nga Mhwe, 



16. Nga Shoay Too, 



17. Nga Shoay Go, 

 28. Nga Kyee, . 



19. Nga KyauGoung, 



20. Nga Mhe. 

 Charge. 



1st. For having, during May 1843, unlawfully joined 

 Nga Pyan for purposes treasonable to the state, and 

 subversive of the public tranquillity. 



1844. 

 July 19. 



Case of Nga 

 Pvan and 20 

 others. 



In a trial for 

 rebellion in the 

 Tenasserim Pro- 

 vinces, in which 

 one life was lost, 

 the Court, at the 

 recommendation 

 of the comissio- 

 ner, who al- 

 though he had 

 recorded a sen- 

 tence of death 

 against him, pro- 

 posed a mitigati- 

 on of the punish- 

 ment, sentenced 

 the ringleader 

 to imprisonment 

 for life in the lo- 

 cal jail, as a bet- 

 ter warning to 

 others than im- 

 prisonment with 

 transportion be- 

 yond seas ; and 

 the remaining 

 prisoners to peri- 

 ods of imprison- 

 ment with labor 

 and irons, vary- 

 ing according to 

 their several de- 

 grees of guilt. 



