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some time had elapsed, Mr. Giberne was informed of the 

 particulars of this transaction. He therefore compelled 

 Oomiah to deliver up the receipt to him, which he very 

 properly destroyed. 



The handing over to justice these two men, might be 

 reckoned one of those cases where the interest and charac- 

 ter of a person of an overbearing disposition, and possess- 

 ing authority, is concerned ; and the commission of an un- 

 just act, however cruel will cost little or no consideration. 



The unlucky Brahmun's daughter has not yet been 

 married, and his friends are constantly caUing on him to 

 repay them the value of the ornaments borrowed, and 

 which were lost on the above occasion. Again, on the 

 night of the 16th May, the Kykaries proceeded to the 

 small village of Naiegawn, and plundered a poor Bunniah 

 of articles worth only about forty-six rupees. 



About the same time two gangs started from Sakoor- 

 dy, one to plunder a house in Waidesh, and the other 

 went to Wurgawn Bhandy in Bheemthery : the latter 

 party attacked a Brahmun's house in Wurgawn on the 

 19th of May. This gang was headed by Sukkia Ra- 

 moossy of Sassoor, and Rowjee Naik, subsequently shot 

 at Walla. The Brahmun with a large stick stoutly defend- 

 ed his property against the Ramoossies, till the Naiks 

 who were armed engaged him, and Sukkia inflicted a 

 desperate wound of which he died in a few minutes ; his 

 servant was also badly wounded. The gang secured pro- 

 perty here to the value of three thousand rupees. But as 

 the inhabitants assembled to attack them,* they were 

 consequently compelled to make a rapid retreat. On their 

 return to Sakoordy, they only produced articles worth about 

 six hundred rupees, saying that they had been prevented 

 searching the house, owing to the approach of the villagers. 

 Notwithstanding this, Oomiah made them take an oath 

 that they had not concealed any part of the property. It is 

 well known that the leaders did conceal the greater part of 

 it, and as Sukkia in effecting his escape from a party that 

 went to seize him some months afterwards, broke his arm, 



* A Ramoossy was wounded by one of the villagers on this occasion, aad 

 Oomitih expressed his disapprobation of their haying killed the Brahmun. 



