The Calcutta Review, Volume 14University of Calcutta, 1850 |
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Page 26
... brought into the calculation , and were charged in contingent bills . These officers and watchmen , who were nothing less than a permanent gang of thieves fixed on the country , amounted on the lowest scale to 40,000 men . After all the ...
... brought into the calculation , and were charged in contingent bills . These officers and watchmen , who were nothing less than a permanent gang of thieves fixed on the country , amounted on the lowest scale to 40,000 men . After all the ...
Page 33
... brought to trial upon the bona fide detection of fraud by the Collectors . Their real prosecutors and persecutors were the above - mentioned F knavish race of informers , who made the calumniating of BRITISH ADMINISTRATION OF SCINDE . 38.
... brought to trial upon the bona fide detection of fraud by the Collectors . Their real prosecutors and persecutors were the above - mentioned F knavish race of informers , who made the calumniating of BRITISH ADMINISTRATION OF SCINDE . 38.
Page 34
... brought to light , either from a most careful perusal and comparison of pa- pers , or the chance - finding of some private document . The real proof rested in most cases upon documents , the vague and ex- traordinary nature of which ...
... brought to light , either from a most careful perusal and comparison of pa- pers , or the chance - finding of some private document . The real proof rested in most cases upon documents , the vague and ex- traordinary nature of which ...
Page 35
... brought before them to any amount , merely remarking that none but Collectors and their Deputies were to take up suits connected with land . It was also ordered that in cases , where the amount in litigation was more than three hun ...
... brought before them to any amount , merely remarking that none but Collectors and their Deputies were to take up suits connected with land . It was also ordered that in cases , where the amount in litigation was more than three hun ...
Page 43
... brought about by the more secret means of poison or the cord ; and that the frequency of cases of alleged suicide on the part of women was to be attributed to this ; but we do not agree with this statement , and are of opinion that the ...
... brought about by the more secret means of poison or the cord ; and that the frequency of cases of alleged suicide on the part of women was to be attributed to this ; but we do not agree with this statement , and are of opinion that the ...
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