1845.] Report of a Trial for Rebellion, at Moulmein. 753 



instigated by superstition as the others, but by the j^I'q 



desire of exciting a disturbance, with a view to profit by 



it; and as having been in Nga Pyan's confidence, he V™* °fj* «J 

 proposed to sentence to imprisonment with labor for others. 

 14 years. 



The next in activity, No. 3, Nga Shoay Moung, No. 

 16, Nga Mhwe, No. 18, Nga Shoay Go, and No. 19, 

 Nga Kyee, he proposed should be sentenced to imprison « 

 ment for 10 years with labor, — unless the Court should 

 think the fact of Nos. 18 and 19 being brothers of Nga 

 Pyan, and men above the average incapacity and resolu- 

 tion, required a longer period of imprisonment. 



The rest (with the exception of Nos. 13 and 21, whom 

 he proposed to imprison for two years each,) he recom- 

 mended should be imprisoned for five years with labor, 

 viz. Nos. 4, 5, 6, 7, 9, 14, 17 and 20. 



Why the commissioner sentenced Nos. 8 and 15, who 

 were convicted on only the 1st count, to seven years, 

 while he proposed to sentence those mentioned above to 

 five and two years, was not apparent. 



The case in the Nizamut Adawlut was laid before 

 Mr. Reid, who, under all the circumstances of the case, 

 concurred with the commissioner in convicting the pri- 

 soners as above recorded. For the reasons stated in the 

 17th paragraph of the commissioner's letter, he did not 

 think it would be expedient to sentence the prisoner 

 Nga Pyan to suffer death, and accordingly sentenced 

 him to be imprisoned for life. Transportation beyond 

 seas was not added, because imprisonment among those 

 whom he attempted to seduce from their allegiance was 

 deemed a more proper punishment. The prisoners Nga 

 Shoay Loo, No. 2, and Nga Shoay Koo, No. 12, were 

 sentenced to imprisonment with labor in irons for four- 

 teen (14) years; Nga Shoay Moung, No. 3, Nga Mhwe, 

 No. 16, Nga Shoay Go, No. 18, and Nga Kyee, No. 19, to 

 imprisonment with labor in irons for ten (10) years ; and 

 the prisoners Nga Dot, No. 4, Nga Shoay Pho, No. 5, 



